Uranium (U) is of enormous global importance because of its use in energy generation,
albeit with potential environmental legacies. While naturally occurring U is widespread in the …

Economic geology is a mixtum compositum of all geoscientific disciplines focused on one
goal, finding new mineral depsosits and enhancing their exploitation. The keystones of this …

Phosphorus is an element critical to the formation of several biomolecules, including nucleic
acids, the energy transfer molecule ATP, and phospholipids. It hence lies at the heart of …

Abstract The Permian-Triassic rifting represents the first of the two Mesozoic rifting stages
recorded in the Iberian Peninsula. Its first phases of development started during the Early …

Aluminum phosphate-sulfate (APS) minerals formed around the Athabasca unconformity-
type deposits and those from their Australian counterparts are chemically very similar …

Detrital monazite in sandstone and conglomerate from the Witwatersrand Supergroup,
South Africa, displays reaction textures indicating that monazite has undergone replacement …

Enhanced continental phosphorus input into the ocean has been suggested as a potential
trigger for the transient oxygenation events during the mid‐Proterozoic; however, the …

Rhythmic patterns are widespread in geological materials. A particularly striking, macroscale
example is zebra rock from the East Kimberley region of northwestern Australia. The rock is …

Abstract The Baishuizhai, Shituling and Zhushanxia deposits from the Xiazhuang district
represent to date the only known occurrences of early Yanshanian (Middle to Upper …

Mine tailings discharged to river systems have the potential to release significant quantities
of major and trace metals to waters and soils when weathered. To provide data on the …