We investigated the fate of explosives compounds in slurries containing fractured and weathered soil particles. Three soils were crushed with a piston to emulate detonation-induced fracturing. We used X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and gas adsorption surface area measurements to quantify the mineralogies and surfaces of the weathered and fractured soil particles. Soil batch slu...

Quantifying groundwater storage in weathered/fractured basement rock aquifers can be challenging owing to both their high degree of heterogeneity and overall low capacity. Therefore, these aquifers, the use direct borehole hydraulic data is usually insufficient. Here we assessed popular method electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), combined with including associated uncertainties, resolve spa...

Abstract Water supply deficits in droughts, groundwater pollution and climate change are the main challenges for sustainability of resources from hard-rock aquifers rural areas Galicia (Spain). Here, we address weathered fractured schists Abegondo municipality. The conceptualization hydrogeology study area includes: (1) schist (regolith), (2) decompressed highly layer; (3) An underlying slightl...

Introduction: The study of terrestrial analogs to Martian igneous rock compositions and surface features is important in order to gain insight into past and present dynamic processes experienced on Mars. Previous Martian analog studies have been performed on materials from various terrestrial environments [e.g., 1-3]. For this study, we investigated petrological and mineralogical properties of ...

Metasilicate-rich groundwater could meet the high demand of international community for high-quality water. In order to comprehensively analyze genetic mechanism metasilicate-rich groundwater, and help human communities effectively exploit utilize water resources, taking Ji’nan rock mass area as an example, this study carried out systematic research on spatial distribution Based regional hydrog...

iron oxide minerals in soils provide valuable insights into pedogenic processes. a wealth of such information has been obtained by rock magnetic investigations on temperate soils but similar studies on tropical soils are rare. here, we report rock magnetic data on pristine soil profiles and surficial soils from five catchments in the tropical southern india and throw light on the pedogenic proc...

The empirical design of tunnel 7 the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway was based on Basic Quality (BQ) system, which Chinese standard rock mass classification. Due to high uncertainty a classification, comparative studies quality and support systems other classifications are commonly required. main objective this research assess excavatability at construction site propose system three widely u...

Carbonatite intrusive complexes are important hosts for Rare Earth Elements (REE) deposits and commonly affected by surficial weathering processes. Mount Weld REE deposit of Western Australia is one the world’s richest here we present whole-rock mineral geochemical data on compositions primary weathered carbonatites. The concentrations in magmatic carbonatites at vary two orders magnitude, sugg...

Mars' surface is characterized by a weathered layer of regolith and exposed rock exposures that are the results long-term geological processes. The Mars Rover Penetrating Radar (RoPeR) on board Zhurong rover China's first mission (Tianwen-1) has been investigating fine structure dielectric properties martian in southern Utopia Planitia. permittivity within 5 m landing zone , average loss tangen...