
Igneous Textures: What Can They Tell Us?
Identify and describe the six major igneous textures. The term igneous exture is used to describe the overall appearance of a rock based on the […]
Identify and describe the six major igneous textures. The term igneous exture is used to describe the overall appearance of a rock based on the […]
Soil Texture Most soils are far from uniform and contain particles of different sizes. Soil texture refers to the proportions of different particle sizes. Texture […]
Contact metamorphism, or thermal metamorphism, occurs in Earth’s upper crust (low pressure), when rocks immediately surrounding a molten igneous body are “baked” (high temperature). Because […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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