A chromite occurrence called the Sabantuy paleoplacer was discovered in Southern Pre-Ural region, at east edge of East-European Platform transitional zone to Ural Foredeep. ca. 1 m-thick chromite-bearing horizon is traced a depth 0.7–1.5 m from earth’s surface for area 15,000 m2. The chromspinel content sandstones reaches 30–35%, maximum values Cr2O3 are 16–17 wt.%. grain size detrital ranges 0...

Abstract Tandem in situ and isotope dilution U-Pb analysis of zircons from pyroclastic volcanic rocks both glacial non-glacial sedimentary strata the Pocatello Formation (Idaho, northwestern USA) provides new age constraints on Cryogenian glaciation North American Cordillera. Two dacitic tuffs sampled within glacigenic lower diamictite interval Scout Mountain Member yield high-precision chemica...

This paper reports the mineralogical and geochemical compositions of the Late Permian C2, C5a, C5b, C6a, and C6b semianthracite coals from the Mahe mine, northeastern Yunnan, China. Minerals in the coals are mainly made up of quartz, chamosite, kaolinite, mixed-layer illite/smectite (I/S), pyrite, and calcite; followed by anatase, dolomite, siderite, illite and marcasite. Similar to the Late Pe...

The analysis of an acid-soluble and acid-insoluble fraction of one systematically sampled, partially dolomitized limestone bed is reported. The original lime sediment, composed principally of skeletal remains, pellets, occasional intraclasts, detrital quartz, illite, and muscovite has been modified by the addition of calcite, dolomite, and dickite cements and has been patchily replaced by dolom...

[1] We introduce a new method that convolves detrital mineral cooling ages with digital elevation models to test numerical models of erosion in collisional orogens. Along a Trans-Himalayan transect in central Nepal, we develop a kinematic and thermal model to predict variations in bedrock cooling ages in modern Himalayan topography. The model assumes a thermal steady state and utilizes a simple...

Detritus particles derived from the decomposition of vascular plants appear to have a high sorptive capability for a wide range of pollutants. Evidence is presented and reviewed which shows detrital concentration of heavy metals, radionuclides, and organochlorine insecticides. A study of a roadside marsh indicates that lead originating from automobile exhausts may reach concentrations as high a...

Sandstones that overlie or that are interbedded with evaporitic or other ductile strata commonly contain numerous localized domains of fractures, each covering an area of a few square miles. Fractures within the Entrada Sandstone at the Salt Valley Anticline are associated with salt mobility within the underlying Paradox Formation. The fracture relationships observed at Salt Valley (along with ...