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Rosselia sp. as Geochemical Indicators of Shallow Marine Environments

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Rosselia Trace Fossils, Upper Pebbley Beach Formation (Permian), New South Wales , Michael C. RYGEL ; CC BY-SA 3.0 ,  Link Geochemical signatures of sedimentary and diagenetic processes in the trace fossil Rosselia from the Pliocene in Taiwan (LIOU et al., 2022) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26772-0 Also... Process ichnology and the elucidation of physico-chemical stress (GINGRAS et al. , 2011) https://www.academia.edu/download/53045412/j.sedgeo.2011.02.00620170508-27083-1khgwhs.pdf Website : Genus Rosselia Dahmer (1937) [ Fossilid.info ] https://fossiilid.info/13434?mode=in_baltoscandia&lang=en

2022 Keystone Pipeline Rupture & Oil Spill - Mill Creek, Kansas River Watershed USA

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TC Energy says has not found cause of Keystone oil pipeline leak (Juby BABU, Reuters ; December 11, 2022) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tc-energy-says-has-not-found-cause-keystone-oil-pipeline-leak-2022-12-11/ Kansas oil spill is Keystone pipeline's biggest ever, according to federal data ( NPR/Associated Press ; December 10, 2022) https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/1142088091/kansas-oil-spill-is-keystone-pipelines-biggest-ever-according-to-federal-data?ft=nprml&f= Friends of the Kaw Responds to the Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill in the Kansas River Watershed (Dawn BUEHLER, Friends of the Kaw Press Release; December 9, 2022) https://kansasriver.org/friends-of-the-kaw-responds-to-keystone-pipeline-oil-spill-in-the-kansas-river-watershed/ Kansas River Map , Kmusser , CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Oil Spill in Kansas Prompts Shutdown of Keystone Pipeline System (Derrick Bryson TAYLOR, New York Times ; December 8, 2022) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/us/keystone-pipeline-oil-...

Geochemically Diverse Hot Spring Environments of Yellowstone National Park

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Five Sisters Hot Springs , Midway & Lower Geyser Basin, CANTER/NPS ; Link Longitudinal analysis of the Five Sisters hot springs in Yellowstone National Park reveals a dynamic thermoalkaline environment (PEACH et al. , 2022) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-22047-w Subsurface Archaea associated with rapid geobiological change in a model Yellowstone hot spring (COLMAN et al. , 2022) https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00542-2 Map of Yellowstone National Park showing locations of thermal basins , USGS ; Link Seasonal hydrologic and geologic forcing drive hot spring geochemistry and microbial biodiversity (COLMAN et al. , 2021) https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10288280 Yellowstone Hot Springs are Organic Chemodiversity Hot Spots (GONSIOR et al. , 2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32593-x Cinder Pool , Norris Geyser Basin , USGS ; Link