Is attention all geosciences need? Advancing quantitative petrography with attention-based deep learning

A Koeshidayatullah, I Ferreira-Chacua, W Li - Computers & Geosciences, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Recent advances in deep learning have transformed data-driven geoscientific analysis. In
particular, the adoption of attention mechanism in deep learning has received considerable …

Blended and online learning: a comparative study of virtual microscopy in Higher Education

C Herodotou, DK Muirhead, M Aristeidou… - Interactive Learning …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are becoming commonplace in Higher
Education. Amongst the latest VLE developments is the design and use of Virtual …

Hornblendite delineates zones of mass transfer through the lower crust

NR Daczko, S Piazolo, U Meek, CA Stuart, V Elliott - Scientific Reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
Geochemical signatures throughout the layered Earth require significant mass transfer
through the lower crust, yet geological pathways are under-recognized. Elongate bodies of …

Development of a virtual microscope with integrated feedback for blended geology labs

KT Engel, J Davidson, A Jolley, B Kennedy… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
A virtual microscope resource was created when face-to-face labs were halted due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 to replicate the learning goals of an introductory …

Glimmerite: A product of melt-rock interaction within a crustal-scale high-strain zone

D Silva, NR Daczko, S Piazolo, T Raimondo - Gondwana Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The paradigm for hydrous high-strain zones that cut dry host rocks is for fluid-rock interaction
to have involved aqueous fluids. However, the role of silicate melt is increasingly …

The recognition of former melt flux through high‐strain zones

CA Stuart, S Piazolo, NR Daczko - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
High‐strain zones are potential pathways of melt migration through the crust. However, the
identification of melt‐present high‐strain deformation is commonly limited to cases where …

Virtual microscopes and online learning: Exploring the perceptions of 12 teachers about pedagogy

C Herodotou, M Aristeidou, E Scanlon… - Open Learning: The …, 2025‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the pedagogical integration of Virtual Microscopes (VMs) in Virtual
Learning Environments (VLEs), to identify best practice and improve online pedagogy. It has …

Local partial melting of the lower crust triggered by hydration through melt–rock interaction: an example from Fiordland, New Zealand

CA Stuart, NR Daczko, S Piazolo - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
We investigate a low‐strain outcrop of the lower crust, the Pembroke Granulite, exposed in
northern Fiordland, New Zealand, which exhibits localized partial melting. Migmatite and …

The importance of active-learning, student support, and peer teaching networks: A case study from the world's longest COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne, Australia

S McLaren, ECR Green, M Anderson… - Journal of Geoscience …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
In the Australian state of Victoria, the city of Melbourne endured the world's longest number
of lockdown days, with severe government health orders and travel restrictions in place for …

Mass transfer in the lower crust: Evidence for incipient melt assisted flow along grain boundaries in the deep arc granulites of F iordland, N ew Z ealand

CA Stuart, S Piazolo, NR Daczko - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of mass transfer is critical in improving our understanding of crustal
evolution, however mass transfer mechanisms are debated, especially in arc environments …