The Upper Cretaceous carbonates along the Zagros thrust-fold belt “Harir-Safin anticlines” experienced extensive hot brine fluids that produced several phases of hydrothermal cements, including saddle dolomites. Detailed fluid inclusion microthermometry data show dolomites precipitated from (83–160 °C) and saline (up to 25 eq. wt.% NaCl; i.e., seven times higher than seawater salinity). interac...

Mwanganda's Village (MGD) and Bruce (BRU) are two open-air site complexes in northern Malawi with deposits dating to between 15 58 thousand years ago (ka) containing Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic assemblages. The sites have been known since 1966 1965, respectively, but lacked chronometric formation data necessary for their interpretation. area hosts a rich stone artifact record, eroding from fo...

We investigated differences in physiological and morphological traits between the tall and short forms of mopane (Colophospermum mopane (Kirk ex Benth.) Kirk ex J. Léonard) trees growing near Maun, Botswana on a Kalahari sandveld overlying an impermeable calcrete duricrust. We sought to determine if differences between the two physiognomic types are attributable to the way they exploit availabl...

The lava tubes at Undara became internationally recognised in the late 1980s, when 24 species of terrestrial cave-adapted invertebrates (troglobionts) were recorded from Bayliss Cave, making it one 20 richest known cave communities world time. Over last decades, several have been taxonomically described and a great deal research has undertaken other parts Australia, which revealed additional su...

Fault slip rate variability over time is a crucial aspect for understanding how single faults interact among each other in fault systems. Several studies worldwide evidence the occurrence of high activity periods with clustering events and synchronization faults, followed by long low (super-cycles). The increasing gathering these phenomena making hazard models quickly evolving challenging seism...

A sequence stratigraphic study of terrigenous and carbonate rocks of the Infra Krol Formation and Krol Group in the Lesser Himalaya fold and thrust belt of northern India was undertaken as part of a broader investigation of the significance of carbon isotope data in Neoproterozoic successions. Eight regional stratigraphic discontinuities were traced over a distance of nearly 300 km, and interpr...

Present study attempts to understand the potential of multispectral ASTER (Advanced space borne thermal emission and reflection radiometer) data for spatial mapping of kimberlite. Kimberlite is an economic rock known for hosting diamond. Kimberlite also has petrogenetic importance for giving us clue on the composition of lower part of the mantle. Kimberlites often contain serpentine, carbonate ...

Abstract The study of raw materials is an essential step in lithic analysis, regardless the age, provenance, and technology assemblages. As many other contexts Paleolithic, researchers Middle Stone Age (MSA) southern Africa have often focused their attention on fine-grained, non-local rock types, such as silcrete. Here, I spotlight considered to be lower suitability for knapping frequently acqu...

A sedimentary sequence covering the entire last glacial cycle (period between Terminations I and II) outcrops along south-eastern coast of Formentera Island. detailed geomorphological, geological sedimentological study, supported by geochemical, soil soil-morphology analyses, magnetic susceptibility , phytolite content luminescence dating (TL, OSL) allowed to reconstruct environmental evolution...