Camborne School of Mines
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The geochemistry of modern calcareous barnacle shells and applications for palaeoenvironmental studies
(Elsevier, 2018-09-22)Thoracican barnacles of the Superorder Thoracicalcarea Gale, 2016 are sessile calcifiers which are ubiquitous in the intertidal zone and present from very shallow to the deepest marine environments; they also live as ... -
Does Large Igneous Province volcanism always perturb the mercury cycle? Comparing the records of Oceanic Anoxic Event and the end-Cretaceous to other Mesozoic events
(American Journal of Science, 2018)Mercury (Hg) is increasingly being used as a sedimentary tracer of Large Igneous Province (LIP) volcanism, and supports hypotheses of a coincidence between the formation of several LIPs and episodes of mass extinction ... -
Towards greener lixiviants in value recovery from mine wastes: Efficacy of organic acids for the dissolution of copper and arsenic from legacy mine tailings
(MDPI, 2018-09-03)In many cases, it may be possible to recover value (e.g. metals, land) from legacy mine wastes and tailings when applying leaching-based remediation such as dump/heap leaching or in-vessel soil washing. However, if the ... -
The Influence of Syndepositional Macropores on the Hydraulic Integrity of Thick Alluvial Clay Aquitards
(American Geophysical Union (AGU) / Wiley, 2018-04-06)Clay-rich deposits are commonly assumed to be aquitards which act as natural hydraulic barriers due to their low hydraulic connectivity. Postdepositional weathering processes are known to increase the permeability of ... -
China’s most typical nonferrous organic-metal facilities own specific microbial communities
(Springer Nature, 2018-08-22)The diversity and function of microorganisms have yet to be explored at non-ferrous metal mining facilities (NMMFs), which are the world’s largest and potentially most toxic sources of co-existing metal(loid)s and flotation ... -
Investigation of landslide failure mechanisms adjacent to lignite mining operations in North Bohemia (Czech Republic) through a limit equilibrium/finite element modelling approach
(Elsevier, 2018-08-06)Understanding the impact of data uncertainty is a fundamental part of ensuring safe design of manmade excavations. Although good levels of knowledge are achievable from field investigations and experience, a natural ... -
Integration of DSM and SPH to Model Tailings Dam Failure Run-Out Slurry Routing Across 3D Real Terrain
(MDPI, 2018-08-16)Tailings dam failure accidents occur frequently, causing substantial damage and loss of human and animal life. The prediction of run-out tailings slurry routing following dam failures is of great significance for disaster ... -
Temperature is a poor proxy for synergistic climate forcing of plankton evolution
(Royal Society, The, 2018-07-18)Changes in biodiversity at all levels from molecules to ecosystems are often linked to climate change, which is widely represented univariately by temperature. A global environmental driving mechanism of biodiversity ... -
A multi-scale risk assessment for tephra fallout and airborne concentration from multiple Icelandic volcanoes – Part 2: Vulnerability and impact
(European Geosciences Union (EGU) / Copernicus Publications, 2014-08-29)We perform a multi-scale impact assessment of tephra fallout and dispersal from explosive volcanic activity in Iceland. A companion paper (Biass et al., 2014; "A multi-scale risk assessment of tephra fallout and airborne ... -
A multi-scale risk assessment for tephra fallout and airborne concentration from multiple Icelandic volcanoes – Part 1: Hazard assessment
(European Geosciences Union (EGU) / Copernicus Publications, 2014-08-29)In order to assist the elaboration of proactive measures for the management of future volcanic eruptions in Iceland, we developed a new scenario-based approach to assess the hazard associated with tephra dispersal and ... -
Arctic ocean benthic foraminiferal faunal change associated with the onset of perennial sea ice in the Middle Miocene
(Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, 2013-01-01)Understanding how Arctic Ocean deep-water ecology responded to past climatic events is of importance in assessing the region's sensitivity to environmental change. Here we present the first quantitative Miocene-Pliocene ... -
Neodymium evidence for increased Circumpolar Deep Water flow to the North Pacific during the middle Miocene climate transition
(American Geophysical Union, 2018-06-11)Low salinity surface water inhibits local deep water formation in the modern North Pacific. Instead, southern‐sourced Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) fills the basin, which is the product of watermasses formed from cold sinking ... -
Dissolution of realgar by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in the presence and absence of zerovalent iron: Implications for remediation of iron-deficient realgar tailings
(Elsevier, 2018-06-06)Realgar (As4S4)-rich tailings are iron-deficient arsenical mine wastes. The mechanisms and products of the dissolution of realgar by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (A. ferrooxidans) in the presence (0.2 g and 2 g) and ... -
Facies architecture of Miocene subaqueous clinothems of the New Jersey passive margin: Results from IODP-ICDP Expedition 313
(Geological Society of America, 2018-06-14)Understanding the history, causes, and impact of sea-level changes is a challenge for our societies that face accelerated global sea-level rise. In this context, improvement of our knowledge of sea-level changes and ... -
Zeta potentials of the rare earth element fluorcarbonate minerals focusing on bastnäsite and parisite.
(Elsevier, 2018-04-20)Rare earth elements (REE) are critical to a wide range of technologies ranging from mobile phones to wind turbines. Processing and extraction of REE minerals from ore bodies is, however, both challenging and relatively ... -
Plastics recycling and sampling
(AusIMM, 2017-05)This contribution examines the effect of feedstock sampling before the sorting stage of PET bottle recycling. Batches of waste PET bottles may contain non-PET bottles which need to be removed by sorting. Any residual ... -
Towards Representative Metallurgical Sampling and Gold Recovery Testwork Programmes
(MDPI, 2018-05-04)When developing a process flowsheet, the risks in achieving positive financial outcomes are minimised by ensuring representative metallurgical samples and high quality testwork. The quality and type of samples used are as ... -
Integrating the theory of sampling into underground mine grade control strategies
(MDPI, 2018-05-29)Grade control in underground mines aims to deliver quality tonnes to the process plant via the accurate definition of ore and waste. It comprises a decision-making process including data collection and interpretation; local ... -
From boatyard to museum: 3D laser scanning and digital modelling of the Qatar Museums watercraft collection, Doha, Qatar
(Wiley, 2018-05-16)This article presents the results of a project to 3D laser scan and digitally model 14 watercraft from the Qatar Museums collection, comprising a range of regional vessels: most had not been surveyed previously. The project ... -
Cobalt mineralisation in Cornwall - A new discovery at Porthtowan
(Ussher Society, 2018-05-16)Although cobalt mineralisation has been noted in Cornwall and Devon in the mining literature, there are limited details of its production and paragenesis; detailed mineral studies of cobalt are almost non-existent. This ...