Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 116: Possible Interrelations of Space Weather and Seismic Activity: An Implication for Earthquake Forecast Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14050116 Authors: Valery Sorokin Victor Novikov The statistical analysis of the impact of the top 50 X-class solar flares (1997–2024) on global seismic activity as well as on the earthquake preparation zones located in the illuminated part of the globe and in an area of 5000 km around the subsolar point was carried out. It is shown by a method of epoch superposition that for all cases, an increase in seismicity ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 115: Geotechnical Characterisation of Flysch-Derived Colluvial Soils from a Pre-Alpine Slope Affected by Recurrent Landslides Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14050115 Authors: Marco Del Fabbro Paolo Paronuzzi Alberto Bolla Heterogeneous rock masses that include rhythmic alternations of marl, shale, marly limestone, sandstone, siltstone, and argillite, such as Flysch, are particularly prone to generating colluvial deposits on gentle slopes, which are often subject to failures triggered by heavy rainfall. Flysch-derived colluvial soils are made up of highly hetero ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 112: Analysis of Wildfire Susceptibility by Weight of Evidence, Using Geomorphological and Environmental Factors in the Marche Region, Central Italy Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14050112 Authors: Matteo Gentilucci Maurizio Barbieri Hamed Younes Hadji Rihab Gilberto Pambianchi Fires are a growing problem even in temperate climate areas, such as those in Central Italy, due to climate change leading to longer and longer periods of drought. Thus, knowing the fire susceptibility of an area is crucial for good planning and taking appropriate countermeasures. In thi ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 113: The East Variscan Shear Zone (EVSZ) and Its Regional Mylonitic Complex: A New Geodynamic Interpretation of the Variscan Axial Zone in Sardinia (Italy)? Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14050113 Authors: Federico Mantovani Franco Marco Elter Sardinia (Italy) represents one of the most comprehensive cross-sections of the Variscan orogen. The metamorphic and structural complexity characterizing its axial zone still presents many unresolved issues in the current state of knowledge. The data presented from the structural study of the entire axial zone of this are ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 114: Thousands of Induced Earthquakes per Month in West Texas Detected Using EQCCT Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14050114 Authors: Yangkang Chen Alexandros Savvaidis Omar M. Saad Daniel Siervo Guo-Chin Dino Huang Yunfeng Chen Iason Grigoratos Sergey Fomel Caroline Breton West Texas has been a seismically active region in the past decade due to the injection of industrial wastewater and hydrocarbon exploitation. The newly founded Texas seismological network has provided a catalog that characterizes the intense seismicity down to a magnitude of 1.5 Ml. However ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 111: Chemistry in Retrieved Ryugu Asteroid Samples Revealed by Non-Invasive X-ray Microanalyses: Pink-Beam Fluorescence CT and Tender-Energy Absorption Spectroscopy Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14040111 Authors: Paul Northrup Ryan Tappero Timothy D. Glotch George J. Flynn Mehmet Yesiltas Yoko Kebukawa Leonard Flores Marina E. Gemma Gavin Piccione The Hayabusa2 space mission recently retrieved 5.4 g of material from asteroid Ryugu, providing the first direct access to pristine material from a carbonaceous asteroid. This study employs a novel combination of non ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 110: New Tsunami Evacuation Training Methods: A Tsunami Evacuation Training Application Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14040110 Authors: Toshiya Arakawa Fumiaki Obayashi Kazunobu Kobayashi Tomoki Itamiya Shintaro Uno Shigeyuki Yamabe Takahiro Suzuki Despite evacuation on foot being recommended by authorities, evacuation in practice is assumed to include evacuation on foot and evacuation by car, as a certain amount of evacuation by car is to be expected. We developed a tsunami evacuation training application operating on smartphones and tablets, and a tsunami ev ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 108: IMD: A Dating Code to Facilitate the Study of Transient Phenomena on the Surface of Mars Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14040108 Authors: Adriano Nardi Paolo Bagiacchi Antonio Piersanti Today, we have satellite images of Mars with a resolution of up to 24 cm per pixel. The planet has a thin atmosphere compared to Earth’s, but its surface is revealing itself to be active and complex. The use of images is an increasingly precise means of investigation for the study of transient phenomena that occur on the surface of the planet. We have develope ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 106: A Meteorological Drought Migration Model for Assessing the Spatiotemporal Paths of Drought in the Choushui River Alluvial Fan, Taiwan Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14040106 Authors: Hsin-Fu Yeh Xin-Yu Lin Chia-Chi Huang Hsin-Yu Chen Understanding drought evolution and its driving factors is crucial for effective water resource management and forecasting. This study enhances the analysis of drought probability by constructing bivariate distributions, providing a more realistic perspective than single-characteristic approaches. Additionally, a meteorologica ..read more

Geosciences, Vol. 14, Pages 109: Mapping the Flood Vulnerability of Residential Structures: Cases from The Netherlands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Geosciences doi: 10.3390/geosciences14040109 Authors: Nicholas D. Diaz Yoonjeong Lee Baukje L. M. Kothuis Ismael Pagán-Trinidad Sebastiaan N. Jonkman Samuel D. Brody Floods are consistently ranked as the most financially devastating natural disasters worldwide. Recent flood events in the Netherlands, Caribbean, and US have drawn attention to flood risks resulting from pluvial and fluvial sources. Despite shared experiences with flooding, the ..read more