Introduction: The Cassini spacecraft detected a gas plume emanating from Saturn’s icy satellite Enceladus [13]. Its composition (91% H2O, 3.2% CO2, 4% N2, and 1.6% CH4) was inferred based on measurements by the Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer [2]. Jets from warm (110-160 K) fissures (“sulci”) supply the plume [3], and boiling water in a subsurface reservoir may power the jets [1]. Liquid wate...

the etive igneous complex has intruded into dalradian and moine meta-sedimentary rocks in devonian. main rock types of the complex are granodiorite, monzodiorite, monzogranite, granite and diorite. geochemical studies show that the magmas were of high k calc-alkaline, i-type and metaluminous nature. application of discriminant diagrams to the etive rocks indicates a possible within-plate tecton...

The organic-rich shale in the first member of Qingshankou Formation, which is located southern Songliao Basin, regarded as a high-quality source rock East China. Geochemistry parameters were utilized to illustrate formation and preservation conditions Qing1 Member Changling Sag, Basin. In present study, from longitudinal continuity, samples organic geochemistry elemental collected systematicall...

Mount Rainier is one of the most seismically active volcanoes in the Cascade Range, with an average of one to two high-frequency volcano-tectonic (or VT) earthquakes occurring directly beneath the summit in a given month. Despite this level of seismicity, little is known about its cause. The VT earthquakes occur at a steady rate in several clusters below the inferred base of the Quaternary volc...

in the this research, the hydrocarbon generation potential of the gadvan formation as a probable source rock was investigated in the central part of the persian gulf at the borders of iran. type and maturity level of kerogen were investigated in six wells using the results of rock-eval pyrolysis and compared with results yielded by the modelling software program known as pars basin modeler (pbm...

A recurring challenge to ion microprobe U^Pb zircon geochronology has been to discriminate between preservation of original igneous zircon populations and inherited grains. This has proved particularly problematic in studying the polyphase metamorphic rocks that dominate Early Archean gneissic terranes. For example, differing interpretations exist for the origin of complex zircon populations in...