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Cement And Concrete: From The Romans To Mars, October 2022, Vol. 18, No. 5

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Cement And Concrete: From The Romans To Mars

October 2022, Vol. 18, No. 5

Portland cement represents an essential commodity in a developing and quickly urbanizing world. However, the downside of its popularity is a massive ecological footprint, in terms of global warming potential and consumption of mineral and water resources. Therefore, the development of sustainable alternatives to ordinary Portland cement constitutes a fundamental technological and societal challenge. In this context, mineralogy and geochemistry play an important role in assessing primary and secondary resources for a new generation of cement and concrete that has a reduced ecological footprint, drawing from the knowledge of both ancient and modern binders. Mineralogical and geochemical tools are also essential to establishing a link between the basic physical and chemical processes that occur during the production, hardening, service life, and degradation of concrete.

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Exploring Jupiter’s Moon Io, December 2022, Vol. 18, No. 6

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Exploring Jupiter’s Moon Io

December 2022, Vol. 18, No. 6

Jupiter’s moon Io is the best place to understand a fundamental planetary process that shaped terrestrial planets, icy ocean worlds, and extrasolar planets: tidal heating. Io is the most tidally heated world in our Solar System and may contain a magma ocean. Io’s spectacular volcanic plumes sustain the atmosphere and feed the giant magnetosphere of the Jovian system. The lavas covering its surface reflect heat-pipe tectonics, which is analogous to the volcanically hyperactive youth of all rocky planets. Io is the ideal planet-scale laboratory to study the intertwined processes of tidal forcing, extreme volcanism, and atmosphere–magnetosphere interactions. This issue of Elements reviews our knowledge of Io, emphasizing on its composition, interior dynamics, and surface processes, while also sharing perspectives for future missions.

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Halogens: From Planetary Surfaces To Interiors, February 2022, Vol. 18, No. 1

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Halogens: From Planetary Surfaces To Interiors

February 2022, Vol. 18, No. 1

The halogen-group elements (F, Cl, Br, and I) are common in the terrestrial inventory, though often present in trace amounts in many Earth and planetary materials. The halogens play a key role in a variety of geologic environments and processes, from mineralization to their influence on the composition of Earth’s atmosphere when released as oceanic, volcanogenic, and anthropogenic emissions. Halogens act as “fingerprints” of fluid-mediated processes on Earth and other planetary bodies. These “bioessential” elements are also critically important to human health. In this issue of Elements, we explore the role that the halogens play in shaping diverse planetary systems, from the surface of planets to their interiors. We also review the techniques that are suitable for the analysis of halogen elements and of isotopes of Cl and Br in terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials.

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Organic Biomarkers, April 2022, Vol. 18, No. 2

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Organic Biomarkers

April 2022, Vol. 18, No. 2

Biomarkers are molecular fossils that are preserved in a wide range of environmental archives (e.g., soils, sediments, sedimentary rocks, and petroleum systems). This issue introduces biomarkers and their compound-specific stable isotope compositions to study fundamental biogeochemical processes and their application as proxies for environmental and climate reconstructions. Molecular biosignatures can be used to study the evolution of life, transitions in ocean plankton over time, the microbiota of extreme environments such as hydrothermal systems and the deep crustal biosphere, and to search for signs of life beyond Earth. Important new discoveries are typically the result of the development and deployment of improved instrumental techniques, multidisciplinary research approaches, and the combination of organic biogeochemistry with the new tools of molecular biology.

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Water In Planetary Bodies, June 2022, Vol. 18, No. 3

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Water In Planetary Bodies

June 2022, Vol. 18, No. 3

Despite being a simple molecule, water has played a key role in shaping the Solar System from the formation of early solids to the processes of planetary and moon formation. Through its astrophysical cycle, water has driven the evolution of protoplanetary disks, which, in turn, has affected the water budget of terrestrial planets and, therefore, their geological activities and habitability. Understanding water’s role in diverse natural processes requires expertise in astrophysics, geophysics, and geochemistry. This issue of Elements will introduce the different environments and processes where water is of fundamental importance, as well as its past and present distribution within the Solar System and how this peculiar molecule affects astrophysical and geological processes.

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Cascadia Subduction Zone, August 2022, Vol. 18, No. 4

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Cascadia Subduction Zone

August 2022, Vol. 18, No. 4

Subduction zones—some of the most active geological regions on Earth—are also home to dynamic landscapes and destructive geological events. The Cascadia subduction zone (also known as Cascadia) runs along much of the western margin of North America and occupies an influential place in the global pantheon of subduction zones. Cascadia is known as the quintessential “hot and dry” endmember of subduction zones produced by the subduction of relatively young oceanic crust, and studies of Cascadia have enriched our global understanding of subduction, continent assembly, and many related geodynamic processes. In addition, the link between tectonic processes and geological hazards is made crystal clear via a raft of well-recognized volcanic, earthquake, tsunami, and other geologic hazards, emphasized by high-profile events such as the eruptions of Mount St. Helens, as well as an uneasy anticipation of future great earthquakes and tsunamis. This issue of Elements takes a detailed look at the Cascadia subduction zone—not only from the perspective of the geological and geophysical processes that have produced this canonical continental subduction system but also considering the impact of active subduction processes and landscapes on the people and societies who have long inhabited the region.

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