The Italian zeolitic tuffs have been intensely exploited by family companies and are used, mainly, as building, insulation decorative stone, whereas the fine powder resulted during cutting of blocks is used for feedstock soil amendment. XRD, XRF SEM/EDS techniques applied to study samples collected from quarries Naples, Bolsena Sorano areas. Two different types chabazite, identified; a Ca-rich ...

Hydrothermal gold deposits commonly form during protracted multistage ore-forming processes, however, discriminating among different fluids and tracing their origin to unique or repositories is a challenging task. The Huilvshan deposit in West Junggar (Xinjiang province, NW China), was affected by three hydrothermal stages thus provides an opportunity examine complex processes. consists of gold...

Leg 135 of the Ocean Drilling Program drilled and cored eight sites across the Lau Basin and adjacent Tonga Ridge to study the geological evolution of a backarc basin and adjacent oceanic arc and forearc. Six sites (Sites 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, and 839) were drilled within the Lau Basin, each within smaller and narrower (<10 km) north-south fault basins and collectively representing a broad e...