The ‘Cyborg Astrobiologist’ has undergone a second geological field trial, at a site in northern Guadalajara, Spain, near Riba de Santiuste. The site at Riba de Santiuste is dominated by layered deposits of red sandstones. The Cyborg Astrobiologist is a wearable computer and video camera system that has demonstrated a capability to find uncommon interest points in geological imagery in real-tim...

The Eastern North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water (ESTMW) is a water mass of low potential vorticity (PV) and appears as a weak pycnostad or thermostad. Distinct from other subtropical mode waters, it forms in the absence of a deep winter mixed layer. The formation mechanism of this ESTMW is investigated using an ocean general circulation model that is forced by monthly climatological temperatur...

Evaporite calcitization within the Castile Formation of the Delaware Basin is more widespread and diverse than originally recognized. Coupled field and GIS studies have identified more than 1000 individual occurrences of calcitization within the Castile Formation outcrop area, which includes both calcitized masses (limestone buttes) and laterally extensive calcitized horizons (limestone sheets)...

A simple, practical model for estimating daily recharge as hydrologically effective rainfall (HER) to the Chalk outcrop of southern England is presented. Daily meteorological observations are the only data requirements. The model was calibrated for a Chalk river, the Wey, in south Dorset. Six different root constant thresholds were used to estimate daily actual evapotranspiration (AET) rates fo...

Geological analysis of 3D Digital Outcrop Models (DOMs) for reconstruction ancient habitable environments is a key aspect the upcoming ESA ExoMars 2022 Rosalind Franklin Rover and NASA 2020 Perseverance missions in seeking signs past life on Mars. Geologists measure interpret DOMs, create sedimentary logs combine them `correlation panels' to map extents geological horizons, build stratigraphic ...

Outcrops are routinely used for research and education purposes, a key component of geoscientific training. Fundamentally, re-evaluation outcrop observations reproducibility results is critical scientific advancement. Accessibility to the field outcrops, however, remain problematic several technical societal reasons. Advances in application digital models geoscience training have seen significa...

The analysis of the literature sources concerning “virtual geological outcrop” is carried out. For this purpose, scientometric databases Web Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect were used, as well abstract journals RH “Geology”, “Geodezy” and Ukrainian journal “Dzherelo”. Trends in use photogrammetry laser scanning for problems are analyzed.