The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has participated in a paper published in the journal Applied Clay Science, assessing the influence of the laboratory preparations in climatic and paleoclimatic ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Apr 6, 2022
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Rock weathering controls the potential for soil carbon storage at a continental scale.
Earth Sciences
Nov 15, 2021
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Research carried out by scientists at Keele University, the University of Manchester and University College Dublin has shed new light on how precious metals are concentrated in igneous rocks.
Earth Sciences
May 1, 2020
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The South Pole-Aitken (SPA) is the largest and deepest basin on the Moon, theoretically opening a window into the lunar lower crust and likely into the upper mantle. However, compositional information of the SPA basin was ...
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2019
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Humankind may be able to reach further back into the history of its nearest planetary neighbour, unlocking the secrets to the evolution, climate, and habitability of Mars, thanks to the efforts of a Western-led team tapped ...
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2019
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In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon's surface. These ice deposits are patchily distributed and could possibly be ancient. ...
Space Exploration
Aug 21, 2018
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In research that may prove useful to future lunar explorers, scientists from Brown University have created the first quantitative map of water and its chemical building blocks trapped in the uppermost portion of the Moon's ...
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2017
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Recovered minerals that originated in the deep mantle can give scientists a rare glimpse into the dynamic processes occurring deep inside of the Earth and into the history of the planet's mantle layer. A team led by Yingwei ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 7, 2017
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For the first time, geologists from the University of Liège have been able to determine the nature of the minerals present on the surface of Mercury - one of the four telluric planets in our solar system. Their study, published ...
Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2016
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The first detailed examination of clay mineralogy in its original setting on Mars is offering new insights on the planet's past habitability, research led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist David T. Vaniman has ...
Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2013
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