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Mineralogy, geochemistry and origin of karst bauxite deposits from the Reserva Fiscal Ávila, SW Dominican Republic 

Domínguez-Carretero, Diego; Villanova de Benavent, Cristina; Torró i Abat, Lisard; Pujol Solà, Núria; Bover-Arnal, Telm; Mestre, Àngel; Aiglsperger, Thomas Hans; Ramírez, Australia; Rodríguez, Jesús; Espaillat, Julio; Proenza Fernández, Joaquín Antonio (2025-09-10)

The energy transition, which aims to reduce carbon emissions and to slow down climate change, demands an ever-increasing supply of the so-called “critical metals”. Rare-earth elements and yttrium (REY) are among the most ...

Assessment of groundwater quality using hydrochemical process, GIS and multivariate statistical analysis at central Rif, North Morocco 

Alitane, Abdennabi; Chahban, Mohamed; Boughrous, Ali Ait; Benyoussef, Said; Arabi, Mourad; El Yousfi, Yassine; Makkaoui, Mohamed; Gueddari, Hicham; El Ouarghi, Hossain; Abdaoui, Abdellali; Ghalit, Mohammad; Zegzouti, Younes Filali; Azirar, Maryam; Himi, Mahjoub (2025-11-14)

This study investigated groundwater in the central Rif region of northern Morocco by analysing 55 water sampling points to assess its physicochemical and hydrogeochemical properties. Through hydrochemical analysis, GIS ...

Assessing preferential seepage and monitoring mortar injection through an earthen dam settled over a gypsiferous substrate using combined geophysical methods 

Himi, Mahjoub; Casado, Ismael; Sendrós Brea-Iglesias, Alex; Lovera Carrasco, Raúl; Rivero Marginedas, Lluís; Casas Bou, Albert (2025-07-09)

For several decades the Sant Llorenç de Montgai reservoir has experienced different problems that could affect the safety of the engineering structure. For this reason, several corrective actions have been taken over the ...

Active fault control on Plio-Quaternary gypsum veins systems (the Galera Fault, S Spain) 

Medina-Cascales, I.; Carrazana, A.; Gómez Rivas, Enrique; Alfaro, P.; García-Tortosa, F.J.; Martín-Rojas, I. (2025-02-19)

Gypsum veins were formed during the Pliocene and Pleistocene within the damage zone of the active,left-lateral Galera Fault (central Betic Cordillera, S Spain). Structural analysis reveals that vein distributionand geometry ...

Characterization of the Castellón Sandstones Formation (Late Miocene) in the Valencia Trough. Implications for the subsurface CO2 storage 

Gil-Ortiz, M.; Gómez Rivas, Enrique; Alcalde Sicilia, Judit; Cabello López, Patricia; Zamora, Gonzalo (2025-02-18)

La Formación Areniscas de Castellón está formada por depósitos deltaicos correspondientes a la progradación del paleo-delta del Ebro durante el Mioceno superior. La caracterización estratigráfica y sedimentológica de estos ...

Stratigraphy and diagenesis of the Thamama-b reservoir zone and its surrounding dense zones in Abu Dhabi oilfields and equivalent Oman outcrops 

Ehrenberg, S.; Neilson, J.; Gómez Rivas, Enrique; Oxtoby, N.; Jayachandran, I.; Qi, A.; Vahrenkamp, V. (2025-02-14)

We review published studies characterizing the Thamama-B reservoir zone in the upper Kharaib Formation (late Barremian) in Abu Dhabi oilfields and at outcrops in Oman. Available data for oxygen and carbon isotope compositions, ...

Fluid evolution and halogen fractionation in orogenic belts: A comparative fluid inclusion appraisal in the Eastern Pyrenees 

González-Esvertit, Eloi; Fusswinkel, Tobias; Canals i Sabaté, Àngels; Casas Tuset, Josep Maria; Neilson, J.; Wagner, Thomas; Gómez Rivas, Enrique (2025-02-13)

The physicochemical signatures of fluid-rock interaction, recorded in fluid inclusions, represent fundamental proxies for understanding the interplay between rock deformation, fluid migration, and ore deposit formation in ...

Iron-carbonate concretions with inverse magnetic fabrics; a record of environmental changes in the middle Eocene marine marls of the Southern Pyrenees? 

Oliva-Urcia, Belén; Larrasoaña, Juan C.; Travé i Herrero, Anna; Garcés Crespo, Miguel; Sierra-Campos, P; Pueyo, Emilio; Calvín, P (2025-02-12)

This paper deals with the detailed analyses of magnetic fabrics accompanied by stable isotopic composition and microscopic observations in centimetric and metric scale authigenic carbonate concretions embedded in the Eocene ...

Polymorphic crystallization and transformation pathways of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-3-oleoyl-rac-glycerol (PPO) during a liquid–solid-liquid journey 

Macridachis González, Jorge; Bayés-García, Laura; Calvet Pallàs, Maria Teresa (2025-02-10)

The polymorphic behavior of triacylglycerol (TAG) crystals formed during the manufacturing process of lipid-based food</p><p>products relates directly to their textural and melting properties. In this work, we analyzed the ...

Evaluation of sampling methods for fracture network characterization using outcrops 

Zeeb, Conny; Gómez Rivas, Enrique; Bons, Paul D.; Blum, Philipp (2025-02-03)

Outcrops provide valuable information for the characterization of fracture networks. Sampling methods such as scanline sampling, window sampling, and circular scanline and window methods are available to measure fracture ...

New constraints on the closure of the Betic Seaway and the western Mediterranean palaeoclimate during the Messinian Salinity Crisis from the Campo Coy Basin (SE Spain) 

Pineda, Victoriano; Artiaga, David; Ruiz-Sánchez, Francisco J.; Montoya, Plini; Soria, Jesús M.; Corbí, Hugo; Gibert Beotas, Lluís (2025-01-13)

The Campo Coy Basin (SE Spain) exposes >1 km of sedimentary succession with a variety of rocks including a thick evaporitic succession previously associated with the Messinian time. These evaporites were supposedly deposited ...

Comparison of the pyGIMLi and BERT packagesfor landslide and cavity detection: A case studyfrom Tghat-Oued Fez, Morocco 

Jabrane, Oussama; El Azzab, Driss; Martínez-Pagán, Pedro; Charroud, Mohammed; El Mansouri, Bouabid; Martiínez-Segura, Marcos A.; Himi, Mahjoub; Elgettafi, Mohammed (2024-12-16)

In the present study, two-dimensional (2D) electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and vertical electricalsounding (VES) techniques were adopted to predict and detect landslides and subsurface voids occurrencesin the ...

Diferenciación de tipos texturales de carnalita mediante métodos geoquímicos. 

Playà i Pous, Elisabet; Gómez Rivas, Enrique; Gaya Rodríguez, Cristina (2024-02-15)

La carnalita (KMgCl₃·6H₂O) es un mineral que precipita en los últimos estadios de evaporación de agua marina a partir de salmueras altamente concentradas. La mina de Cabanasses (Súria, provincia de Barcelona) se ubica en ...

Geoquímica de roca total como herramienta para la caracterización e identificación de unidades ignimbríticas: el vulcanismo Oligo-Mioceno del Sulcis (SO de Cerdeña, Italia) 

Gisbert Pinto, Guillem; Gimeno Torrente, Domingo (2023-02-14)

En el Sulcis (SO de Cerdeña, Italia) hay una potente secuencia volcánica Oligo-Miocénica formada durante la traslación y rotación de Cerdeña desde el margen continental europeo hasta su posición actual, originada por la ...

Materias primas de las industrias líticas en la ocupación mesolítica del Abric del Xicotó (Alòs de Balaguer, Lleida). 

Emens, C.; Sánchez de la Torre, M.; Mangado, X.; González-Olivares, C.B.; Alías López, Gemma (2024-09-09)

En Prehistoria, el estudio de las materias primas líticas y más concretamente sobre el sílex, constituye desde hace décadas una importante vía para la comprensión de la movilidad y la economía de las comunidades pasadas. ...

Dolomías de reemplazamiento de escala sísmica en los carbonatos de plataforma del Jurásico Superior en la Sierra de Esparraguera (Cuenca del Maestrat) 

Humphrey, E.; Martín, Juan Diego (Martín Martín); Gómez Rivas, Enrique; Neilson, J.; Salas, Ramon (Salas Roig); Guimerà i Rosso, Joan J. (2024-02-29)

Las dolomías de reemplazamiento son abundantes en la Cuenca del Maestrat (Cordillera Ibérica), siendo las más importantes por volumen aquellas que reemplazan las calizas del Jurásico Superior (Nadal, 2001) y del Cretácico ...

Sources of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Groundwater of Barcelona Urban Area 

Schmidlin, Diego; Scheiber, Laura; Teixidó, Marc; Vázquez, Enric; Criollo, Rotman; Jurado, Anna; Puigserver Cuerda, Diana; Burdons, Silvia; Enrich, Mónica (2024-03-01)

Groundwater is a vital resource for the development of urban areas, where the problem focuses on the quantity and on the quality of this freshwater resource. Barcelona is a good example as because currently groundwater is ...

Quantifying the potential seepage from porphyry copper tailing impoundments using a multi-isotopic approach 

Navarro-Ciurana, Dídac; Saleta-Daví, Agnés; Otero Pérez, Neus; Torrentó, Clara; Quintana-Sotomayor, Carlos; San Miguel-Cornejo, Diego; Musalem-Jara, Mónica; Novoa-Godoy, Gullibert; Carrasco-Jaramillo, Cristóbal; Aguirre-Dueñas, Evelyn; Escudero-Vargas, Manuel A.; Soler i Gil, Albert (2024-10-14)

Porphyry-style copper deposits are characterized by low Cu grades and high tonnages, resulting in large mine tailing volumes disposed in impoundments. Due to the mining tailing sizes, waterproofing techniques cannot be ...

IESDB - the Iberian Evaporite Structure Database 

González-Esvertit, Eloi; Alcalde Martín, Juan; Gómez Rivas, Enrique (2024-02-29)

Evaporites flow in the solid state under relatively low differential stress and have unique mechanical properties compared to other sedimentary rocks. Worldwide, they control the structural and stratigraphical architecture ...

Dual C–Cl isotope fractionation offers potential to assess biodegradation of 1,2-dichloropropane and 1,2,3-trichloropropane by Dehalogenimonas cultures 

Trueba-Santiso, Alba; Torrentó, Clara; Soder-Walz, Jesica M.; Fernández-Verdejo, David; Rosell, Mònica; Marco-Urrea, Ernest (2024-10-14)

1,2-dichloropropane (1,2-DCP) and 1,2,3-trichloropropane (1,2,3-TCP) are hazardous chemicals frequently detected in groundwater near agricultural zones due to their historical use in chlorinated fumigant formulations. In ...

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