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AGU Press Release | 22 September 2023
Share your #AGUOpenScience — AGU23 Photo Contest
With the theme Wide. Open. Science., AGU23 will convene more than 25,000 attendees from over 100 countries in San Francisco and online everywhere on 11-15 December 2023. ...
Fall Meeting 2022 | 15 December 2022
How can plastic waste aggregates be used as a building material to improve the structure of houses in rural Cambodia (thermal insulation)?
Ngai Ling Hui
According to a report by the UN, 1 billion rural dwellers in developing countries live in low quality housing with poor sanitation and no garbage collection. Around 80% of...
Fall Meeting 2022 | 14 December 2022
Iron Sulfides and Concrete: How a Common Mineral Can Be a Geohazard for Construction and Infrastructure
Kathryn J Murdock
Pyrite and related iron sulfides are known to cause concrete failure. Iron sulfides cause damage either by incorporation into concrete mixes, or by merely being present in...
Fall Meeting 2022 | 14 December 2022
Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of A Silver Mine Waste Complex, Tonopah, Nevada
Keira Johnson + Claire Lousie McLeod + Mark Krekeler ...
Mine waste is one of the largest globally produced wastes by mass, and accordingly is of significant environmental concern. Furthermore, mine waste is deemed highly problematic...
Fall Meeting 2022 | 13 December 2022
Assessing Carbonate Concretion Formation Mechanisms within the Lower Miocene Rincon Shale, CA
Melonie Nguyen + Christopher J Tino + Sean J Loyd ...
Carbonate concretions are often preserved within ancient marine sediments and can result from the microbial degradation of organic matter and/or methane. These concretions...