Expeditional exploration of the Kuril Islands in 2021

This report gives a brief description of field work on the Kuril Islands in summer 2021 carried out by staff of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of FEB RAS within the framework of the Institute research theme and projects of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) and Russian Fund for Basic Research (RFBR).To study chemical erosion of volca

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Spatiotemporal slope stability analytics for failure estimation (SSSAFE): linking radar data to the fundamental dynamics of granular failure

Abstract Impending catastrophic failure of granular earth slopes manifests distinct kinematic patterns in space and time.While risk assessments of slope failure hazards have routinely relied on the monitoring of ground motion, such precursory failure patterns remain poorly understood.A key challenge is the multiplicity of spatiotemporal scales and

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Viroids of the Mediterranean Basin

There has been substantial progress in the Mediterranean countries regarding research on viroids.Twenty-nine viroid species, all belonging to Pospiviroidae and Avsunviroidae genera, have been detected in the Mediterranean Basin.Not only have detection methods, such as reverse transcription-quantitative Accessories polymerase chain reaction and next

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