The gamut of geothermal energy research encompasses the studies aimed at harnessing
the abundant and inexhaustible thermal energy within the Earth, and it ranges from heat …

In environmental magnetism, rock and mineral magnetic techniques are used to investigate
the formation, transportation, deposition, and postdepositional alterations of magnetic …

Whether during past climate stages or into a progressively warming world, changes in
precipitation constitute a key component of climatic change. Quantitative proxies for palaeo …

It is common in the fields of rock and environmental magnetism to unmix magnetic mineral
components using statistical methods that decompose various types of magnetization curves …

Hematite is a canted antiferromagnet with reddish color that occurs widely on Earth and
Mars. Identification and quantification of hematite is conveniently achieved through its …

Abstract The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) utilises benchmark
chronostratigraphies to divide geologic time. The reliability of these records is fundamental …

Speleothem CaCO3 δ18O is a commonly employed paleomonsoon proxy. However,
inferring local rainfall amount from speleothem δ18O can be complicated due to changing …

Oxygen isotope variations in Chinese stalagmites have been widely interpreted as a record
of the amount of East Asian summer monsoonal rainfall. This interpretation infers decreasing …

Abstract The South Asian Monson (SAM) is one of the most intense climatic elements yet its
initiation and variations are not well established. Dating the deposits of SAM wind-driven …

In September 2016, the annual meeting of the International Union for Quaternary Research's
Loess and Pedostratigraphy Focus Group, traditionally referred to as a LoessFest, met in …