Sedimentary rocks contain a unique record of the evolution Earth system. Deciphering this requires robust understanding identity, origin, composition, and post-depositional history individual constituents. Petrographic analysis informed by Scanning Electron Microscope - Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) mineral mapping can reveal morphology petrological context each imaged grain, making ...

[1] Each summer large amounts of mineral dust from the Sahara are transported across the Atlantic and arrive at the Caribbean with far-reaching implications for climate in this region. In this paper we analyze summer season interannual variability of North African mineral dust over the Caribbean using the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)/Nimbus 7 (1979–1992) and TOMS/Earth Probe (1998–20...

Knowing the genetic basis of the plant ionome is essential for understanding the control of nutrient transport and accumulation. The aim of this research was to (i) study mineral nutrient concentrations in a large and diverse set of Brassica napus, (ii) describe the relationships between the shoot ionome and seedling development, and (iii) identify genetic regions associated with variation of t...

Mineral explorations and applications generally in the world are labor intensive, except if they are highly automated. Around the turn of the century, In the developed nations for instance, Robots perform duties in all stages of detections and productions. In the less developed states like Nigeria where technology is very low the duty is unbearable and cumbersome, and therefore little exploitat...

Remote sensing data provide significant information about surface geological features, but they have not been fully investigated as a tool for delineating mineral prospective targets using the latest advancements in machine learning predictive modeling. In this study, besides available (lithology, structure, lineaments), Landsat-8, Sentinel-2, and ASTER multispectral remote were processed to pr...