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Arthropleura trackway ( Diplichnites cuithensis ) from the Carboniferous, Serpukhovikan, Limestone Coal Formation, Clackmannan Group, Linn Park, Glasgow 格拉斯哥林恩公园Clackmannan群石炭纪Serpukhovikan石灰岩煤组的关节胸膜足迹(Diplichnites cuithensis)
4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2021-019
James O. Buckman, Simon J. Cuthbert, Paul G. Polson
{"title":"Arthropleura trackway ( <i>Diplichnites cuithensis</i> ) from the Carboniferous, Serpukhovikan, Limestone Coal Formation, Clackmannan Group, Linn Park, Glasgow","authors":"James O. Buckman, Simon J. Cuthbert, Paul G. Polson","doi":"10.1144/sjg2021-019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2021-019","url":null,"abstract":"The Arthropleurid trackway Diplichnites cuithensis has previously been described from Scotland from the Upper Carboniferous Serpukhovikan Limestone Coal Formation on the Isle of Arran, and the Lower Carboniferous Visean Pittenweem and Anstruther Formations on the East Fife coast. Here we describe a new west coast single trackway from the Serpukhovikan Limestone Coal Formation of Glasgow's, Linn Park. The trackway occurs associated with simple horizontal burrows assignable to Planolites? , vertical openings of Arenicolites, examples of Taenidium barretti (formerly Beaconites barretti ), and irregular large scale bioturbation or possibly rootlet casts. The trace fossils and sedimentary structures (including trough cross-bedding and flaser bedding) indicate a fluvial sandbar or plain environment, possibly of estuarine origin, locally colonized by plants. Diplichnites cuithensis (and other Diplichnites species) commonly occur associated with the burrow Taenidium barretti . The latter is known to have been widespread globally throughout the Carboniferous, and is a common component of fluviatile sequences within the Lower Carboniferous succession of NW Ireland. This suggests that previously undocumented older Scottish Carboniferous examples of both Diplichnites ichnospecies and Taenidium barretti may also be present, assuming that suitable environments persisted and are currently adequately exposed.","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135634698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Dipnoan diversity in the early Pennsylvanian of Scotland: new lungfish from the Lower Coal Measures of North Lanarkshire 苏格兰宾夕法尼亚早期的肺鱼多样性:来自北拉纳克郡下煤系的新肺鱼
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2023-006
Francis M. Elliott, T. Challands, T. Smithson
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On a new species of Rhizodopsis from the Carboniferous of Scotland 苏格兰石炭纪一新种根瘤菌的研究
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2023-008
Francis M. Elliott
{"title":"On a new species of\u0000 Rhizodopsis\u0000 from the Carboniferous of Scotland","authors":"Francis M. Elliott","doi":"10.1144/sjg2023-008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2023-008","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A new species of\u0000 Rhizodopsis\u0000 is described from material recovered from several Carboniferous locations within the Midland Valley of Scotland. Individual dermal skull bones were obtained from derelict coal waste tips at Wester Bracco, North Lanarkshire from shales originally overlying the Drumgray Coal. Individual dermal skull bones are well preserved, allowing for detailed description and reconstructions of the skull roof and cheek.\u0000 Rhizodopsis rankini\u0000 sp. nov. is distinguished by the presence of a lobed opercular, a deeply embayed postparietal shield between the supratemporal and tabular bones, and enlarged lateral extrascapulars.\u0000 Rhizodopsis\u0000 is here included in the Megalichthyidae, and an emended diagnosis of the family is given. The composition of the genus\u0000 Rhizodopsis\u0000 is reviewed. Except for R\u0000 hizodopsis hanbuchi, Rhizodopsis rankini\u0000 and\u0000 Rhizodopsis sauroides\u0000 , all other species are based solely on scales. The validity of these scale-based species is reassessed and all but\u0000 Rhizodopsis granulatus\u0000 and\u0000 Rhizodopsis mazonius\u0000 are considered to be valid species.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the The Palaeontology of Scotland collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/palaeontology-of-scotland\u0000","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44934731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The stable isotope (C,O,S) record of Palaeoproterozoic marbles, Scotland 苏格兰古元古代大理岩的稳定同位素(C,O,S)记录
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2023-009
J. Parnell, A. Boyce, J. Armstrong, A. Schito, D. Muirhead
{"title":"The stable isotope (C,O,S) record of Palaeoproterozoic marbles, Scotland","authors":"J. Parnell, A. Boyce, J. Armstrong, A. Schito, D. Muirhead","doi":"10.1144/sjg2023-009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2023-009","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Palaeoproterozoic marbles occur widely in North West Scotland. The isotopically heavy carbonate carbon (δ\u0000 13\u0000 C >3 ‰) in marbles that characterizes the worldwide Lomagundi-Jatuli Event (2.3 to 2.05 Ga) is recognized in each of the Laurentian Foreland, the Moine Nappe and the Sgurr Beag Nappe, over a 150 km transect across the Caledonian thrust belt. A light oxygen isotope composition distinguishes marbles which have been sheared and retrogressed by ingress of meteoric water, possibly during both Laxfordian and Caledonian orogenesis. The shearing of marbles also contributed to graphite formation (mean δ\u0000 13\u0000 C -7.2 ‰). Pyrite in the marbles contains isotopically heavy sulphur, typical of Palaeoproterozoic diagenetic sulphides precipitated from low-sulphate seawater. These data show that the ∼2 Ga marbles in Scotland are a high-quality archive of information on their depositional and post-depositional history. The data emphasize a continuum of a Palaeoproterozoic marble-graphite-sulphide bearing assemblage from Eastern Canada and Greenland through Scotland to Scandinavia.\u0000","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47627872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Trace element minerals from carbonatite-related fluids, The Aird, Scotland 来自碳酸盐岩相关流体的微量元素矿物,爱尔兰,苏格兰
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2021-015
E. Heptinstall, J. Parnell, A. Boyce, J. Still
{"title":"Trace element minerals from carbonatite-related fluids, The Aird, Scotland","authors":"E. Heptinstall, J. Parnell, A. Boyce, J. Still","doi":"10.1144/sjg2021-015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2021-015","url":null,"abstract":"Fenitised rocks in Neoproterozoic country rocks adjacent to the Great Glen Fault, Scotland, contain calcite veins with mineral inclusions. The minerals include the rare earth vanadate wakefieldite, sulphur-rich monazite, scandium-rich ilmenite, and manganese oxides rich in barium and lead. Each of these phases is recorded in carbonatites elsewhere. An affinity with carbonatites is further suggested by the carbon isotope composition of the calcite veins, and anomalously high levels of manganese and strontium in the veins. These data add weight to a model in which Scotland northwest of the Great Glen Fault was affected by carbonatite-related fluids during the Caledonian Orogeny.\u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the Early Career Research collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/early-career-research\u0000","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45757701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Aspects of Aktuo-Paläontologie of the rocky beaches of the eastern Isle of Mull, UK 英国马尔岛东部岩石海滩Aktuo-Paläontologie的各个方面
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2023-004
S. Donovan
{"title":"Aspects of\u0000 Aktuo-Paläontologie\u0000 of the rocky beaches of the eastern Isle of Mull, UK","authors":"S. Donovan","doi":"10.1144/sjg2023-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2023-004","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Conglomerates are, commonly, only poorly fossiliferous at best. Yet beaches with common lithic clasts can be used to model the taphonomy of fossils in conglomeratic settings. Four beaches on the east coast of the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, are clast-rich, with lithic pebbles, cobbles and boulders, but poor in shells, many of which are poorly preserved. There is ample evidence of shells being bored and encrusted, yet many or most of these were infested after death of the host. Of the ‘boring trinity’ –\u0000 Caulostrepsis\u0000 Clarke,\u0000 Entobia\u0000 Bronn and\u0000 Gastrochaenolites\u0000 Leymerie – so typical of the\u0000 Trypanites\u0000 Ichnofacies around Britain's coasts, only the last ichnogenus was not present, most likely due to the absence of suitable mobile substrates (such as limestone cobbles and oysters). Encrusters including\u0000 Balanus\u0000 , serpulids and spirorbids, show different patterns of preservation, probably due to multiple factors. Bored wood (\u0000 Apectoichnus\u0000 ) was only found at one locality, which may be due to hydrodynamic sorting. Whelk shells show a range of patterns of breakage, most probably due to mechanical damage. But conglomerates commonly preserve fossil snails either complete or not at all. The results from these sites suggest that they represent an intermediate condition rarely preserved in the rock record.\u0000","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45370309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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New postcranial remains from the Lealt Shale Formation of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, showcase hidden pterosaur diversity in the Middle Jurassic 苏格兰斯凯岛Lealt页岩组的新颅后遗迹展示了侏罗纪中期隐藏的翼龙多样性
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2023-001
N. Jagielska, T. Challands, Michael O'Sullivan, D. Ross, N. Fraser, M. Wilkinson, S. Brusatte
{"title":"New postcranial remains from the Lealt Shale Formation of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, showcase hidden pterosaur diversity in the Middle Jurassic","authors":"N. Jagielska, T. Challands, Michael O'Sullivan, D. Ross, N. Fraser, M. Wilkinson, S. Brusatte","doi":"10.1144/sjg2023-001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2023-001","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The transition between Early to Middle Jurassic was significant in pterosaur evolution, when these volant reptiles exploded in diversity alongside dinosaurs and other animals. It has long been thought, however, that pterosaurs did not develop large wingspans until after the Jurassic, a notion challenged by the recent discovery of\u0000 Dearc sgiathanach\u0000 in the Bathonian-aged Lealt Shale Formation of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, whose holotype specimen had an estimated wingspan greater than 2.5 meters. We here report the discovery of a new pterosaur specimen from the Lealt Shale Formation, comprising a tibiotarsus, metatarsal, pedal phalanges, and caudal vertebrae. The elongate tail vertebrae with ossified processes indicate the specimen is a non-pterodactyloid pterosaur, albeit its fragmentary nature makes it difficult to determine whether it belongs to a new taxon. Its metatarsal and caudal vertebrae are considerably larger than corresponding bones in the\u0000 Dearc\u0000 holotype, indicating that it belonged to an even larger individual, thus demonstrating that pterosaurs with broad wingspans were not anomalous in the Middle Jurassic. The growing Middle Jurassic pterosaur record of Scotland and England, although mostly represented by isolated and fragmentary fossils, reveals a high diversity of clades, long obscured by the lack of well-preserved skeletons.\u0000","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49619992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Combining ground stability investigation with exploratory drilling for mine water geothermal energy development. Lessons from exploration and monitoring. 将地面稳定性调查与勘探钻探相结合用于矿井水地热能开发。勘探和监测的经验教训。
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-03-03 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2022-011
D. B. Walls, D. Banks, A. Boyce, D. Townsend, N. Burnside
{"title":"Combining ground stability investigation with exploratory drilling for mine water geothermal energy development. Lessons from exploration and monitoring.","authors":"D. B. Walls, D. Banks, A. Boyce, D. Townsend, N. Burnside","doi":"10.1144/sjg2022-011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2022-011","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Mine water geothermal's potential for decarbonisation of heating and cooling in the UK has led to increased national interest and development of new projects. In this study, mine water geothermal exploration has been coupled with ground investigation techniques to assess ground stability alongside seasonal mine water hydrogeology and geochemistry. Drilling operations in late 2020 at Dollar Colliery, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, encountered mined coal seams with varying conditions (void, intact, waste, etc.), reflecting different techniques used throughout a protracted mining history. We found that time and resources spent grouting casing through worked mine seams (ensuring hydraulic separation) can be saved by accessing deeper seams where those above are unworked. Continued assessment of existing water discharges and completion of boreholes with slotted liners into mined coal seams and fractured roof strata allowed chemical and water level changes to be monitored across a 1-year period. Mine water heads and mine discharge flow rates vary seasonally and are elevated between late autumn and early spring. The mine water has a low dissolved solute content. Dissolved sulphate-\u0000 34\u0000 S isotope data suggest increased pyrite oxidation during lower water levels. These findings can inform future building decisions, whereby housing developments on site could use the mine water for heating.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the Early Career Research collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/early-career-research\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Supplementary material:\u0000 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22188801\u0000","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46739684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Book reviewCaves of Assynt (3rd edition), edited by TJ Lawson & PNF Dowswell. Grampian Speleological Group, Edinburgh, 2022. £20.00, 211 pp., ISBN 978-1-739735-0-3 书评:《亚辛洞穴》(第三版),由TJ Lawson和PNF Dowswell编辑。格兰平原洞穴学小组,爱丁堡,2022年。20.00英镑,211页,ISBN 978-1-739735-0-3
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-02-21 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2023-002
M. Krabbendam
{"title":"Book reviewCaves of Assynt (3rd edition), edited by TJ Lawson & PNF Dowswell. Grampian Speleological Group, Edinburgh, 2022. £20.00, 211 pp., ISBN 978-1-739735-0-3","authors":"M. Krabbendam","doi":"10.1144/sjg2023-002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2023-002","url":null,"abstract":"The Assynt District in the Northwest Highlands is a veritable treasure trove of geological features, the most famous – amongst geologists – being the Moine Thrust. Perhaps less well known is that Assynt also hosts the most extensive cave systems in Scotland, developed in the Cambro-Ordovician Durness limestone. These two features are, of course, linked: Caledonian thrusting and folding resulted in thickening and fracturing of the limestone strata, allowing/enhancing the development of large cave systems.","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46277419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The geological and historical milieu of an ornamental cephalopod limestone (‘orthoceratite limestone’, Ordovician, Sweden) used in the Clerk Mausoleum (1684), St Mungo's Kirkyard, Penicuik, Scotland 观赏头足类石灰岩的地质和历史环境(“正角砾石石灰岩”,奥陶纪,瑞典),用于苏格兰佩尼维克圣芒戈墓园的Clerk陵墓(1684年)
IF 0.7 4区 地球科学
Scottish Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2023-02-03 DOI: 10.1144/sjg2022-007
Michael A. Taylor, Andy McMillan, S. Stewart, L. I. Anderson
{"title":"The geological and historical milieu of an ornamental cephalopod limestone (‘orthoceratite limestone’, Ordovician, Sweden) used in the Clerk Mausoleum (1684), St Mungo's Kirkyard, Penicuik, Scotland","authors":"Michael A. Taylor, Andy McMillan, S. Stewart, L. I. Anderson","doi":"10.1144/sjg2022-007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2022-007","url":null,"abstract":"A slab of cephalopod limestone bears a dedicatory Latin inscription on the mausoleum built around 1684 by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik (1649–1722) for his wife Elizabeth Henderson (1658–83) at St Mungo's Church, Penicuik, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The stone is identified on sedimentological and palaeontological evidence and historical context as Ordovician ‘orthoceratite limestone’ from Sweden, probably the island of Öland, rather than Carboniferous cephalopod limestone from the much nearer Closeburn area of Dumfriesshire. ‘Orthoceratite limestone’ was little used in Great Britain, and mainly as paving, so its use in a funerary monument is unusual. It is, however, paralleled by contemporary examples at Winchester Cathedral. The Penicuik slab was probably imported either directly from Sweden, or through Rotterdam or another Netherlands entrepôt. It is the only surviving historical example of this stone known in Edinburgh and the Lothians, probably because of changing fashions, building demolition and renewal of worn paving. The inscription shows errors of composition, carving and installation, ascribed to inexperience or haste. The employment of ‘orthoceratite limestone’ is interpreted as seeking to emulate Roman use of marbles and similar ornamental stones. It contributes to the Penicuik mausoleum's significance as a pioneering example of classical or Antique architecture.","PeriodicalId":49556,"journal":{"name":"Scottish Journal of Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49008697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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