Geosciences
Introduction Groves et al. (1998), following Gebre-Mariam et al. (1995), defined the term orogenic gold deposit to obviate the necessity to refer to a wide variety of terms for a … Read More
Introduction Tunnels provide a feasible alternative to cross through the physical barriers or water body. With the rapid development of the world, the utilization of underground space plays an important … Read More
Introduction Compared with compressive or shear strength, tensile strength of soil is basically assumed to be zero, or insignificant in geotechnical engineering practice because of its relatively low value. In … Read More
Introduction Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geo-foam blocks are used as a lightweight fill in a wide range of geotechnical applications. The primary function of geo-foam is to provide a lightweight fill … Read More
Introduction Whilst modern geophysical methodology is increasingly applied at nuclear legacy sites worldwide, the full potential of near-surface geophysics has yet to be fully recognized by the nuclear industry and … Read More
Introduction Buried and open tunnel valleys are common features in former glaciated regions (Kehew et al., 2012, van der Vegt et al., 2012). The buried valleys are often a key … Read More
Introduction Three-dimensional geological modeling (3DGM) is a developing technology for geological studies, mineral resource exploration, and quantitative estimation of mineral resources (Houlding, 1994; Mallet, 2002; Wu and Xu, 2004; Fallara … Read More
Introduction Rocks in nature are geomaterials containing pre-existing defects at various scales such as microcracks, voids, pores and grain boundaries. The pre-peak deformation of rocks showing significant departures from strictly … Read More
Introduction In just a few years, awareness and interest in the resources of trace elements in coal has greatly increased (Tolhurst, 2015, Yao et al., 2015, Dai and Finkelman, 2018, … Read More
Introduction Structure-from-motion (SfM) is a photogrammetric technique used to generate a 3D pointcloud from a collection of overlapping 2D images (Carrivick et al., 2016). The SfM process starts with feature … Read More
