Silicification in New Caledonian pseudo-karsts developed on peridotite was assessed using δ18O and δ30Si pairs on quartz cements. The objective was to document the chronology of pseudo-karst development and cementation relative to geomorphic evolution. The latter began at the end of the Eocene with the supergene alteration of peridotites and the su...
Published in E3S Web of Conferences
Housing stock and the objects of industrial production of our country are represented by constructions, which were erected in the XX century, XIX century and pre-revolutionary time. Among them there are constructions built with using of natural stone and brick. The service time of this constructions is several decades or hundreds of years. Consider...
Published in Frontiers in Earth Science
The international Anthropocene Working Group has recognized the mid-20th centrury (ca. 1950 CE) as the onset of the Anthropocene, but human activities in China altered the land cover and influenced weathering processes much earlier. Changes in the elemental composition of sediment since 1000 CE from Gonghai Lake were studied, using X-ray Fluorescen...
Identifying wood species of each wood element of a historical wooden building and investigating the changes in wood properties due to exposed outdoors during its service life are important prerequisites for the maintenance and renovation of historical wooden buildings. In the present study, the changes in wood properties occurring during natural ag...
In order to better understanding clay mineral evolution coupled with geochemical changes during weathering of igneous rocks under temperate conditions, the picrite basalt-derived soil in Dali (South China) was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and high-resolution transmission e...
Published in Holzforschung
Plantation-grown juvenile wood species are extensively used as raw materials in the Chinese wood industry. The weathering performances of the wood are crucial for outdoor application. Two of the most important plantation-grown juvenile woods, poplar (Populus × euramericana cv. ‘74/76ʼ) and Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata Hook), were sliced int...
Published in Environmental science & technology
The seafloor is the major sink for microplastic (MP) pollutants. However, there is a lack of robust data on the historical evolution of MP pollution in the sediment compartment, particularly the sequestration and burial rate of small MPs. By combining a palaeoceanographic approach and state-of-the-art analytical methods for MP identification down t...
Flat glass is a material which is used extensively in almost all the buildings, mainly as infill for windows or facade panels. However, neither glass production nor its recycling are sustainable processes, as both incorporate the use of gas furnaces, which produce high amounts of CO2 emissions. Thus, the re-use of glass seems the only way to minimi...
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Despite long-existing calls to address alarming racial/ethnic gaps in severe maternal morbidity (SMM), research that considers the impact of intersecting social inequities on SMM risk remains scarce. Invoking intersectionality theory, we sought to assess SMM risk at the nexus of racial/ethnic marginalization, weathering, and neighborhood/individual...
