Mineral detection of neutrinos and dark matter. A whitepaper

S Baum, P Stengel, N Abe, JF Acevedo… - Physics of the Dark …, 2023 - Elsevier
Minerals are solid state nuclear track detectors—nuclear recoils in a mineral leave latent
damage to the crystal structure. Depending on the mineral and its temperature, the damage …

A 100,000-year-old ochre-processing workshop at Blombos Cave, South Africa

CS Henshilwood, F d'Errico, KL Van Niekerk… - science, 2011 - science.org
The conceptual ability to source, combine, and store substances that enhance technology or
social practices represents a benchmark in the evolution of complex human cognition …

Nucleation and growth of the Naica giant gypsum crystals

F Otálora, JM García-Ruiz - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The Cave of Giant Crystals in the Naica mine (Mexico) is one of the most amazing displays
of mineral beauty ever created in nature. In addition to the colossal crystals of gypsum …

Release behavior of uranium in uranium mill tailings under environmental conditions

B Liu, T Peng, H Sun, H Yue - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2017 - Elsevier
Uranium contamination is observed in sedimentary geochemical environments, but the
geochemical and mineralogical processes that control uranium release from sediment are …

Sulfuric acid speleogenesis (SAS) close to the water table: examples from southern France, Austria, and Sicily

J De Waele, P Audra, G Madonia, M Vattano, L Plan… - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
Caves formed by rising sulfuric waters have been described from all over the world in a wide
variety of climate settings, from arid regions to mid-latitude and alpine areas. H 2 S is …

[PDF][PDF] RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN SPELEOGENESIS. DOMINANT PROCESSES, HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTING CAVE PATTERNS.

P Audra, AN Palmer - Acta Carsologica, 2015 - researchgate.net
RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN SPELEOGENESIS. DOMINANT PROCESSES,
HyDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTING CAVE PATTERNS NOVA …

Ultraslow growth rates of giant gypsum crystals

AES Van Driessche, JM García-Ruíz… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - pnas.org
Mineralogical processes taking place close to equilibrium, or with very slow kinetics, are
difficult to quantify precisely. The determination of ultraslow dissolution/precipitation rates …

The potential of gypsum speleothems for paleoclimatology: Application to the Iberian Roman Humid Period

F Gázquez, TK Bauska, L Comas-Bru, B Ghaleb… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Carbonate cave deposits (speleothems) have been used widely for paleoclimate
reconstructions; however, few studies have examined the utility of other speleothem-forming …

[HTML][HTML] Precise and accurate isotope fractionation factors (α17O, α18O and αD) for water and CaSO4· 2H2O (gypsum)

F Gázquez, NP Evans, DA Hodell - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Gypsum (CaSO 4· 2H 2 O) is a hydrated mineral containing crystallization water,
also known as gypsum hydration water (GHW). We determined isotope fractionation factors …

Using stable isotopes (δ17O, δ18O and δD) of gypsum hydration water to ascertain the role of water condensation in the formation of subaerial gypsum speleothems

F Gazquez, JM Calaforra, NP Evans, DA Hodell - Chemical Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
We analyzed the stable isotopes (δ 17 O, δ 18 O and δD) of gypsum hydration water (GHW)
in a variety of speleothems, as well as condensation and infiltration waters in five caves of …