Physics Features of TRU-Fueled VHTRs by Tom G. Lewis, Pavel V. Tsvetkov

“…The current waste management strategy for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) mandated by the US Congress is the disposal of high-level waste (HLW) in a geological repository at Yucca Mountain. Ongoing efforts on closed-fuel cycle options and difficulties in opening and safeguarding such a repository have led to investigations of alternative waste management strategies. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Relationship between Bursting Proneness and Mechanical Parameters of Coal by Hongwei Wang, Jiaqi Song, Zeliang Wang, Yue Zhang, Shaozhen Zhang, Yaodong Jiang

“…In this study, a total of 27 coal specimens are selected in the open literature studies to obtain a group of fundament data, such as the mechanical parameters, four bursting proneness indices, stress-strain curves, and their geological conditions where the specimens were taken. …”
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Field Investigation on Thermal Regime of Permafrost and Talik in a River Terrace, the Interior of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Yunzhi Zhang, Furong Liu, Xingbing Wang, Pengfei He, Jinggang Cui, Yishan Wang, Yanhu Mu

“…Compared with the continuous permafrost area, the permafrost distribution in discontinuous permafrost area is complicated due to existence of island talik, which causes highly poor continuity and uniformity of ground hydrothermal conditions and brings great difficulty and uncertainty to the engineering geological investigation. In the present study, the spatial distribution of permafrost and the freeze-thaw process of shallow ground at the I-stage terrace of a river on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were studied based on field investigation including drilling, electrical resistivity tomography, and borehole temperature measurement. …”
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Study on coal permeability evolution considering adsorptive deformation characteristics of matrix by Gang WANG, Mingzhen WANG, Zhiyong XIAO, Xiaoxiang SUN, Wenwen JIA, Feng JIANG, Chengcheng ZHENG

“…Accurate understanding of gas flow in coal seam can not only reasonably predict CBM production, but also improve the efficiency of CO2 geological storage. The general coal rock permeability prediction model is from the effective stress and gas adsorption point of view for the theoretical derivation of the model, but in practice, the complexity and uncertainty of the internal structure of the matrix of the coal rock, and adsorption related to the distribution of the mineral constituents of the phenomenon of inhomogeneous, which tends to ignore the matrix region of non-uniform adsorption deformation of the influence of this factor. …”
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Characterization and Suitability Assessment of Ameskroud Clay Deposits for Ceramic Applications by Aicha Idoum, Rachid Tiskatine, Soumia Mounir, Lahcen Bammou, Ahmed Aharoune

“…The investigation encompasses an examination of the geological context, mineralogy, chemical composition, and physicochemical attributes of these clays. …”
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METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE SEPARATION OF MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES FROM BOTTOM SEDIMENTS by V.O. Iemelianov, Ye.І. Nasiedkіn, T.S. Kukovska, S.M. Dovbysh

“…The study of the distribution of microplastics in the geological component of marine ecosystems, in particular, the detection of the amount of pollution by plastic material, the determination of its types, origin and routes of movement is a relevant direction of research of the scientific world community in recent decades. …”
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Optimizing petrophysical property prediction in fluvial-deltaic reservoirs: a multi-seismic attribute transformation and probabilistic neural network approach by Muhammad Khan, Andy Anderson Bery, Yasir Bashir, Sya’rawi Muhammad Husni Sharoni, Joseph Gnapragasan, Qazi Sohail Imran

“…By leveraging data from eight wells and post-stack seismic data from the Poseidon 3D area, gas-saturated deltaic-fluvial settings, we analyzed twelve seismic attributes, among which acoustic impedance low-frequency attribute, relative geological time, amplitude envelope, and amplitude-weighted frequency emerge as the most significant. …”
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Designing profitable supply chains for lithium-ion battery recycling in the United States by Majid Alipanah, Sunday Oluwadamilola Usman, Apurba Kumar Saha, Hongyue Jin

“…Recycling spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has attracted lots of attention recently, due to the increasing demand for critical materials contained in LIBs, putting high pressure on their geological reserves. We evaluated the potential of bioleaching technology as a sustainable solution for recycling spent LIBs to help inform decision-making processes for stakeholders involved in LIB recycling supply chains. …”
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THE CARPATHIAN RIVER SYSTEM IN ROMANIA – GENESIS AND EVOLUTION by MIHAI IELENICZ, LAURA TÎRLĂ

“…The analysis of these elements allowed us to highlight two main evolution stages: Miocene –Middle Pontian (preserving the traces of the oldest valleys) and Dacian – Holocene (when many different generationsof valleys were formed, preserving the most numerous morphological evidence), revealing the formation byantecedence and superposition of defiles and gorges, of the four generations of the valley system, and theirvaried local structure determined by tectonics, volcanism, geological patterns and changing role of the base levels.…”
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Analysis and Engineering Practice of Factors Affecting Top-Coal Recovery in a Large Dip Coal Seam by Xinglong Huang, Ying Chen, Yang Li, Fengshuo Jia, Shengjian Liang, Xiufeng Zhang, Yang Chen, Qianjia Hui, Zhiwen Wang, Zhaoju Zhang, Zhijie Zhu, Dequan Sun

“…The recovery of top coal in the caving face directly impacts the efficiency of mining coal resources. The geological conditions and mining parameters are well known to be significant influences on the recovery of top coal. …”
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Experiment and Applications of Dynamic Constitutive Model of Tensile and Compression Damage of Sandstones by Chunliang Dong, Xiaoyu Lu, Guangming Zhao, Xiangrui Meng, Yingming Li, Xiang Cheng

“…The reliability of the numerical simulation is verified by combining the test results of the field geological radar on the roadway roof.…”
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Oil and Gas in the Arctic: Legal Status and Reserves by N. N. Shvets, P. V. Beresneva

“…According to with a high 2008 US Geological Survey and 2006 Wood Mackenzie and Fugro Robertson study Arctic reserves are about 10-15% of global reserves. …”
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A Method and Engineering Practice for a Fully Mechanized Caving Coalface to Rapidly Pass Through a Large Fault by Wei Zhang, Feili Yang, Jingyu Chang, Shengxun Zhao, Bin Xu, Jinyong Xiang

“…The results of this study can provide a good reference to help coalfaces rapidly move across faults under similar geological conditions in other mines.…”
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Estimates of vertical tectonic stress in the northwest Ethiopian plateau using topography and gravity data by Muluken Kassa

“…Within the area, the previous geological and geophysical investigations revealed volcanism and deformation effects but did not thoroughly examine crust movement, isostatic compensation, and deformation patterns. …”
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Experimental Study of Site-Specific Soil Water Content and Rainfall Inducing Shallow Landslides: Case of Gakenke District, Rwanda by Martin Kuradusenge, Santhi Kumaran, Marco Zennaro, Albert Niyonzima

“…The results obtained show that the threshold for landslide occurrence does not solely correlate with the total rainfall amount (or intensity) or soil moisture, but also influenced by internal (geological, morphological) and environmental factors. …”
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Research on the Technology of Plugging Gushing Water in the Vertical Shaft under Complicated Conditions by Chuanyang Jia, Hailong Wang, Haiquan Liu, Guibin Zhang, Kaihua Sheng

“…Aiming at technical problems under complex hydrogeological conditions in coal mines, such as vertical shaft lining rupture and serious gushing water, single-liquid and double-liquid cement grouting materials are invalid for multiple plugging of gushing water. Combining with geological data to analyze the conditions of the aquifers and water-blocking layer in the shaft, adopting the multifunctional digital electrical method and digital flow measuring instrument can accurately grasp the flow direction and flow velocity and further obtain the aquifer parameters of the main and auxiliary shafts. …”
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Some Experiments in Extreme‐Value Statistical Modeling of Magnetic Superstorm Intensities by Jeffrey J. Love

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Browsing Patterns of White-Tailed Deer Following Increased Timber Harvest and a Decline in Population Density by Shawn M. Crimmins, John W. Edwards, W. Mark Ford, Patrick D. Keyser, James M. Crum

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Preparation and Physico-mechanics Properties of Non-sintered Ceramsite from Iron Tailing Fly Ash by Rui ZHANG, Jianguo LU, Huayan YAO, Yunze LI, Junxiong LU, Shuaiting LIU

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A Regional Landslide Stability Analysis Method under the Combined Impact of Rainfall and Vegetation Roots in South China by Qinghua Gong, Jun Wang, Ping Zhou, Min Guo

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