Soil Alveolata diversity in the undisturbed steppe and wheat agrocenoses under different tillage by N. B. Naumova, P. A. Barsukov, O. A. Baturina, O. A. Rusalimova, M. R. Kabilov

“…In the US, Nassophorea and Spirotrichea correlated positively with sand and negatively with clay, silt and SOM contents. This is the first report about soil ciliates diversity in Siberia as assessed by metabarcoding technique. …”
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Study on the Origin and Fluid Identification of Low-Resistance Gas Reservoirs by Zhou Yuhui, Hu Qingxiong, Liu Wentao, Wu Zhiqi, Yan Yule, Ma Jialing

“…The comprehensive analysis of rock lithology, physical properties, sedimentary characteristics, and gas content demonstrated that the development of micropores in illite/smectite dominated clay minerals together with the resulted additional conductivity capability and complex reservoir pore structures, as well as the enrichment of self-generating conductivity minerals like zeolites and pyrite which were the formation mechanisms of low-resistance gas layers in the Wu 2 section. …”
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Influence of Drying–Wetting Cycles on the Water Retention and Microstructure of Residual Soil by Xu-tang Xu, Dao-qi Liu, Zhen-xing Xian, Feng Yang, Wen-bin Jian, Xiang Xu, Jian-bin Huang

“…Due to frequent changes in the humid and hot environment, the residual soil with a particle-size distribution (PSD) from gravel to clay experiences multiple drying–wetting cycles. …”
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Multiscale Fracturing in Medium- to Low-Rank Coals and Its Implications on Coalbed Methane Production in the Baode Area, Eastern Ordos Basin, China by Wei Zhang, Baoshan Zhao, Qingfeng Zhang, Jikun Zhang, Ziling Li, Xiaoguang Sun, Mingming Yan

“…Some of the fractures are filled with carbonate and clay minerals and are beneficial for methane migration, caused by hydraulic fracturing. …”
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A 19-year-old Patient with Recurrent Pruritus and Jaundice by K. S. Nezhdanov, E. N. Shirokova, Yu. O. Shulpekova, A. S. Ostrovskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…A 19-year-old female patient was admitted to the Clinic with skin pruritus, jaundice, dark urine, clay-colored stool, and general fatigue. Past medical history was significant for recurrent aforementioned symptoms since 3 years old, that relapsed every 1–2 years and were usually ameliorated with conservative therapy. …”
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Characterization and Identification of Coal and Carbonaceous Shale Using Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy by En Yang, Shirong Ge, Shibo Wang

“…The effect of carbon concentration on reflectance curve was simulated by the mixed powder of ultralow ash bituminite and clay in 0.5 mm grain size under various mixing ratios. …”
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Land Use Changes Affecting Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Topsoil and Subsoil in Northeast Thailand by Benjapon Kunlanit, Laksanara Khwanchum, Patma Vityakon

“…Although SOM stocks decreased with depth, the subsoil stock contributes to longer term storage of C than topsoils as they are more stabilized through adsorption onto clay fraction in finer textured subsoil than those of the topsoils. …”
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An Experimental Study on Unconfined Compressive Strength of Soft Soil-Cement Mixtures with or without GGBFS in the Coastal Area of Vietnam by Son Bui Truong, Nu Nguyen Thi, Duong Nguyen Thanh

“…Accordingly, the unconfined compressive strength increased with the increase of binder contents, the decrease of the natural water content of soft soil, water/cement ratios, and clay content. The highest value of UCS of treated soils was found for the soil at Site II with the Portland cement content, cement GGBFS, and water/cement ratio of 873 kg/m3, 2355 kg/m3, and 0.8, respectively. …”
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Development Characteristics and Sensitivity Analysis of Expansive Soil Slope by Pengfei Jiang, Yuanyuan Kong, Zhenyu Song, Ruixin Zhao, Jiewei Zhan, Xuhui Lin

“…Results show that the sliding zone developed many microfissures and the clay minerals arranged tightly, the pore of size<0.1 μm was 60% in undisturbed soil, and the pores of different sizes were distributed uniform in reconstituted soil. …”
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Arsenic Retention on Technosols Prepared with Nanoparticles and Ferric Soil from Mine Drainage Water by Darío R. Bolaños-Guerrón, Viviana P. Sánchez-Gómez, Johanna Paz, Andrés R. Izquierdo, Carina Stael, María Balseiro-Romero

“…Technosol was elaborated using a clay-silty soil (iron-rich soil), collected in the mining area, and iron nanoparticles synthetized with the extract of orange peel. …”
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Reactive dye extraction utilizing regenerated bleaching earth by M. Shahi, M.R. Sabour, G.A. Dezvareh

“…This research was a laboratory study on reactive dye adsorption. Cleaning bleaching clay, thermal remediation and acid washing activation methods were utilized. …”
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Accounting for retarded weathering products in comparing methods for quantifying carbon dioxide removal in a short-term enhanced weathering study by Emily E. E. M. te Pas, Elliot Chang, Elliot Chang, Alison R. Marklein, Rob N. J. Comans, Mathilde Hagens

“…Further investigation of the fate of retarded weathering products showed that small portions precipitated as carbonate minerals (up to 34.0%) or adsorbed to reactive surfaces, such as soil organic matter and clay minerals (up to 32.5%). Hence, a large portion of weathering products may be retained in the soil due to strong adsorption and/or further mineral precipitation reactions (31.6–92.7%), with potentially important implications for the quantification of CDR across time. …”
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Factors Influencing the Pore Structure and Gas-Bearing Characteristics of Shales: Insights from the Longmaxi Formation, Southern Sichuan Basin and Northern Yunnan-Guizhou Depressio... by Li Dong, Changcheng Han, M. Santosh, Yongkai Qiu, Geng Liu, Jinghui Ma, Hao He, Chenlin Hu

“…The porosity and the SSA are positively correlated with the total organic carbon (TOC), whereas clay minerals have an adverse effect on the SSA of pores in the study area. …”
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Diagenetic Heterogeneity of Deep Sandstones and Its Relationship to Oil Emplacement: A Case Study from the Middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation in the Fukang Sag, Central Junggar Bas... by Binfeng Cao, Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Fenggui Sui, Huixi Lin, Yuhong Lei

“…Ductile lithic-rich, very fine-grained sandstones featured compaction of easily deformed, clay-rich grains, resulting in a very rapid loss of porosity during burial. …”
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Evaluating the Performance of a Diffusive Gradient in Thin Film Embedded with Montmorillonite for the Determination of Labile Cd, Pb, Mn, and Zn in Natural River Water by Hong Lien Nguyen, Anh Tuan Phung, Trung Kien Tran, Trung Hai Huynh, Bich Huong La

“…Montmorillonite (MMT), a natural clay mineral with high ion-exchange capacity and trace metal adsorbability, has been demonstrated to be a suitable binding phase in the diffusive gradient in thin film (DGT) technique for the determination of labile trace metals in synthetic water samples. …”
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The Activity Concentrations and Radium Equivalent Activity in Soil Samples Collected from the Eastern Part of Basrah Governorate in Southern Iraq by Rasha S. Ahmed, Raghad S. Mohammed, Rana O. Abdaljalil

“…Clay soil samples (0, 30, and 60 cm depths) were collected from two districts (Abu Al Khasib and Ad Dayr) in Basrah governorate in southern Iraq for gamma-ray spectroscopy. …”
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Microstructure and macro-mechanical properties of residual soil subjected to repeated hygroscopic cycles by Xu-tang Xu, Xiang-long Chen, Ye-qing Cai, Xiang Xu

“…Residual soil with particle size distribution from gravel to clay was subjected to repeated hygroscopic cycle tests. …”
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Effects of Contact Angle on the Hysteresis Effect of Soil-Water Characteristic Curves during Dry-Wet Cycles by Gaoliang Tao, Ziyue Li, Lisheng Liu, Yangyang Chen, Kai Gu

“…To this end, this paper investigates the hysteresis characteristics of SWCCs in the full suction range of seven kinds of Hunan red clay with different initial dry densities by combination of the pressure plate method, the paper filter method, and the saturated salt solution method. …”
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Predicted Infiltration for Sodic/Saline Soils from Reclaimed Coastal Areas: Sensitivity to Model Parameters by Dongdong Liu, Dongli She, Shuang’en Yu, Guangcheng Shao, Dan Chen

“…Soil physical quality was described better by the S parameter than by the saturated hydraulic conductivity since the latter was also affected by the physical chemical effects on clay swelling occurring in the presence of different levels of electrolytes in the soil solutions of the two soils.…”
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Quantitative characterization of the multiscale mechanical properties of low-permeability sandstone roofs of coal seams based on nanoindentation and triaxial tests and its implicat... by Feng Cao, Jianhua He, Hongxiu Cao, Hucheng Deng, Andrew D. La Croix, Rui Jiang, Ruixue Li, Jiarun Li

“…The results indicate that quartz, the primary mineral component of the sandstones examined, exhibits the strongest micromechanical properties, followed by feldspar, calcite, and clay minerals. Compared to polycrystalline quartz, monocrystalline quartz has a more stable microstructure and is mechanically stronger. …”
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