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Boron: Light And Lively, August 2017, Vol. 13, No. 4
$20.00Fifth in the periodic table, boron is a “light” element whose origin has puzzled astronomers because it is not created in stars. It is “lively”, being an essential element for plants, and having medicinal proper ties, which has stimulated synthesis of organic compounds containing boron.
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Rock And Mineral Coatings, June 2017, Vol. 13, No. 3
$20.00Chemical and/or biological processes can produce coatings on the surfaces of rocks and minerals. These coatings form at the interface between the lithosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere in a diverse range of environments, such as common soils, deserts, volcanic weathering environments, smelter-impacted areas, Antarctica and glaciated environments, and have even been found on Mars.
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Sulphides, April 2017, Vol. 13, No. 2
$20.00Despite the bulk silicate Earth only containing 250 parts per million of sulphur, sulphide minerals and liquids have a powerful impact on the behaviour and fractionation of a wide range of elements in the Earth’s crust and underlying mantle. According to the V.
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Volcanoes: From Mantle To Surface, February 2017, Vol. 13, No. 1
$20.00Volcanoes have played a large role over Earth’s history in building the crust, contributing to atmospheric formation, and transferring heat and mass from the interior to the surface. They are also capable of massive disruption of the surface environment and to human civilizations.
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Origins Of Life: Transition From Geochemistry To Biogeochemistry, December 2016, Vol. 12, No. 6
$20.00How life originated is one of the most important, and longstanding, questions that humans have attempted to answer, as reflected in our mythologies, religions, philosophy, and science. Furthermore, our understanding of the emergence of life on Earth could potentially contribute to the search for life in other parts of the Solar System and the rest of the Universe.
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Studying The Earth Using La-ICPMS, October 2016, Vol. 12, No. 5
$20.00Laser ablation – inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) is a mature, but still developing, micro-analytical technique that has allowed significant research advances in many areas of the Earth sciences. The method produces quantitative elemental and isotopic analyses on the micrometer scale of most solid, and some liquid, materials across most of the periodic table.
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Deep-Mined Geological Disposal Of Radioactive Waste, August 2016, Vol. 12, No. 4
$20.00The construction of geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste has been a long time in the discussion and planning, but will become a major focus of geological, mineralogical, and geochemical effort in coming years. Underground laboratories have been operating for many years in a variety of rock types.
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Cosmic Dust, June 2016, Vol. 12, No. 3
$20.00Cosmic dust is submillimeter debris shed by comets, asteroids, moons, and planets. In the Solar System, this dust scatters sunlight (the zodiacal light), and it is detected around other stars by its infrared emission.
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Enigmatic Relationship Between Silicic Volcanic And Plutonic Rocks, April 2016, Vol. 12, No. 2
$20.00The relationship between silicic volcanic and plutonic rocks has long puzzled geologists. Although the compositional evolution for volcanic and plutonic rock suites are virtually identical, there is much debate whether rhyolites form as melt extracted from granite plutons or whether the two rock types reflect wholly separate origins.
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Earth Sciences For Cultural Heritage, February 2016, Vol. 12, No. 1
$20.00Archaeometry and conservation science are connected to the geosciences in three ways. Earth scientists can perceive the complexity of natural materials and of the artifacts produced by human activities, they understand the geological and physico-chemical processes acting on them, and they have a mastery of the techniques used to investigate heritage materials at different scales.
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Geomicrobiology And Microbial Geochemistry, December 2015, Vol. 11, No. 6
$20.00Microbes drive the interplay of Earth and life and thus control critical processes in ocean, atmosphere, and terrestrial environments. Indeed, this unseen part of our world has regulated the cycling of key elements throughout geologic time.
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Supergene Metal Deposits, October 2015, Vol. 11, No. 5
$20.00Supergene metal deposits form when deeply buried orebodies are exposed at the surface and undergo oxidation, dissolution, and significant reconcentration of metals. Much of the global economic and scientific interest in these ores stems from their mineralogical diversity and advantages for exploitation due to their surficial development and increased grades.
