The vast majority of carbonate minerals in modern marine sediments are biogenic, derived from the skeletal remains organisms living ocean. However, can also precipitate abiotically within sediments, and this mineral precipitation has been suggested as a third major, isotopically distinct, sink global carbon cycle, particularly important earlier Earth history. Here we present compilation pore fl...

Introduction: Microbial metabolic activity is significant in the cycling of phosphorus in aquatic and sedimentary environments. The requirement of microorganisms to use elemental phosphorous for energy transfer and to bind, concentrate and cause crystalliza-tion of phosphates is well established [e.g. 1,2]. The crystallization of phosphates in a sedimentary environment commonly occurs when the ...

Two-dimensional lattice particle models have been used to simulate dynamic thrust faulting and its effects on near-fault ground motions. The lattice particle modeling approach has been demonstrated as an efficient way to model the dynamic rupture phenomena observed from a foam rubber experiment on dipping faults. We constructed a 42 dipping fault model to simulate near-fault ground motions unde...

northwest of shir-kuh batholith, a number of leucocratic granitic and granodioritic plutons have intruded sedimentary hosts including shale-sandstone (triassic-jurassic) and sandstone-conglomerate (lower cretaceous). contact metamorphism and hydrothermal alterations are widespread. late alteration assemblage mainly occurs in arkosic sandstones of sangestan formation and includes propylitic, qua...

Low-latitude continental shelves, mixed siliciclastic–carbonate sedimentary systems, provide an understanding of sedimentary environments driven by paleoclimatological processes. The Bonaparte Gulf, northwestern Australian continental shelf, is among the widest in the world, ranging to 500 km, with shallow carbonate terraces and platforms that were exposed during periods of lower sea level. The...

[1] The mass accumulation rates of sedimentary components (carbonate, organic carbon, opal, barite, reactive phosphate, iron, terrigenous minerals, etc.) are used in many paleoceanographic reconstructions to learn about temporal and spatial changes in surficial Earth processes including wind stress and direction, oceanic circulation, weathering rates, marine productivity and ecosystem structure...

phosphorus solubilizing microorganisms are capable of transforming insoluble phosphorus (p) forms to soluble and bioavailable p. the aim of the present study was to isolate p solubilizing bacteria from forest soils around the rock phosphate (rp) mine of koh-e-sepidlar in kohgiluyeh and boyer ahmad province and evaluate their ability in sperber culture medium and wheat straw medium in the presen...