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COLD: Control and Optimization of Layer Deposition in Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing Open

Diana Martins, João Xavier Matos, Diogo de Sousa, Fernando Gomes de Almeida · 2025

Large-scale thermoplastic 3D printing is an emerging technology that enables cheaper and faster real-scale prototyping and rapid tooling. However, it still presents limitations that can lead to deformations in printed parts due to inadequa…

Geochemistry of the volcano-sedimentary complex of the Algarve Basin (Silves-Ayamonte, SW Iberia) Open

Alejandro Díez Montes, Rita Solá, Jenny Huerta, Susana Machado, R. Dias , et al. · 2025

The Volcano-Sedimentary Complex of the Algarve basin (south of the Iberian Peninsula) belongs to the Large Igneous Province of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP), which developed c.200 Ma following the start of the breakup of Pa…

PRÁTICA PEDAGÓGICA PARA ASSIMILAR CONCEITOS DE ECOLOGIA: UM ESTUDO NO CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNIÚNICA Open

João Xavier Matos, Theo Araujo, Maria Inês Nogueira, B Silva, Élisa Fonseca · 2025

Record-Breaking Sargassum Landing on the Brazilian Amazon Coast Open

Geison Pires Mesquita, Cı́ntia Alves, Leonardo Capeleto de Andrade, Maycira Costa, Santiago Ramirez Said Santiago Ramirez Said , et al. · 2025

Trend detection and depletion effects evidence in time series of groundwater levels in the southern sector of the left bank of the Tagus-Sado Basin (Portugal, Iberian Peninsula) Open

Mariana Ferreira Branco, Sofia Barbosa, João Xavier Matos · 2024

In the last 20 years in Portugal, water resources have been affected to the point that water storage has decreased by 20% since 2000. Creating strategies to manage water resources requires a comprehensive understanding of the factors influ…

Unlocking the Secondary Critical Raw Material Potential of Historical Mine Sites, Lousal Mine, Southern Portugal Open

Daniel de Oliveira, Pedro Gonçalves, Igor Morais, Teresa Silva, João Xavier Matos , et al. · 2024

A steady supply of mineral raw materials is vital for the transition to a low-carbon, circular economy. The number of active mines in Europe has severely declined over the last century and half, giving rise to many abandoned mining waste s…

Latest Strunian Palynomorph Assemblages and Their Role in the Neves Formation Depositional Environment - the Neves-Corvo Mine Case Study (Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal) Open

Márcia Mendes, Zélia Pereira, João Xavier Matos, Luís Albardeiro, Igor Alexandre Clemente de Morais , et al. · 2024

Muon tomography with Resistive Plate Chambers for geological characterization Open

R. Sarmento, A. Blanco, Bento Caldeira, B. Tomé, C. Loureiro , et al. · 2023

Geophysical characterization of the Cercal Paleozoic structure, Iberian Pyrite Belt, from a mineral exploration perspective Open

Lorena Malta Feitoza, J. Carvalho, Patrícia Represas, Elsa Ramalho, Pedro Sousa , et al. · 2023

Biostratigraphic and structural research in the Guedelhinha–Lançadoiras–Algaré sector in the context of the geology of the Neves–Corvo mine region, Iberian Pyrite Belt Open

Zélia Pereira, João Xavier Matos, Márcia Mendes, Rita Solá, Luís Albardeiro , et al. · 2023

Time-space evolution of Iberian Pyrite Belt igneous activity: Volcanic and plutonic lineaments, geochronology, ore horizons and stratigraphic constraints Open

Luís Albardeiro, Igor Morais, João Xavier Matos, Rita Solá, Rute Salgueiro , et al. · 2023

Biostratigraphic and Structural Research of the Guedelhinha-Lançadoiras-Algaré Sector in the Context of the Geology of the Neves-Corvo Mine Region, Iberian Pyrite Belt Open

Zélia Pereira, João Xavier Matos, Márcia Mendes, Rita Solá, Luís Albardeiro , et al. · 2023

Immobilisation of potentially toxic elements by natural sorbents: case study of spolic technosol from São Domingos Cu-ore deposit (Portugal) Open

Pavol Midula, Oliver Wiche, Peter Andráš, Janka Ševčíková, Marek Drímal , et al. · 2022

Ore-mining industry produces a waste, which belongs to the main sources of potentially toxic elements (PTEs). One of the initial steps necessary for remediation project of contaminated sites is the research of PTEs mobile forms th…

Muography for Underground Geological Surveys: OngoingApplication at the Lousal Mine (Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal) Open

Pedro Teixeira, Luís Afonso, S. Andringa, P. Assis, Mourad Bezzeghoud , et al. · 2022

The use of muons for geophysical surveys has been proved successful in numerous projects around the planet. The use of muography in an underground environment has an easy side, when compared to the surface, due to the absence of the backgr…

Muography in the University and in the Museum Open

Luís Afonso, Isabel Machado, S. Andringa, P. Assis, A. Blanco , et al. · 2022

The LouMu team joins together specialists in particle detectors and in cosmic ray analyses, geophysicists and science communicators to muograph an underground gallery of an old mine, now open to visitors of a science museum. The muon teles…

A drill-hole, geological and geophysical data-based 3D model for target generation in Neves-Corvo mine region, Portugal Open

J. Carvalho, Pedro Dias, Charles Revaux, João Xavier Matos, Vítor Araújo , et al. · 2021

Orange Pickeringite from the Algares 30-Level Adit, Aljustrel Mine, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal Open

Teresa Silva, João Xavier Matos, Daniel de Oliveira, Igor Morais, Pedro Gonçalves , et al. · 2021

The sheltered environment of the Algares +30 level adit (underground mine gallery) contributes to the preservation of secondary water-soluble minerals formed on the tunnel walls. The massive sulphide and related stockwork zone are hosted b…

Geology of the recently discovered massive and stockwork sulphide mineralization at Semblana, Rosa Magra and Monte Branco, Neves–Corvo mine region, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal Open

Zélia Pereira, João Xavier Matos, Rita Solá, Maria João Batista, Rute Salgueiro , et al. · 2021

The recently discovered massive and stockwork sulphide mineralization of Semblana-Rosa Magra and Monte Branco, situated ESE of the Neves–Corvo volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is presented. Geolo…

COMPARISON OF SOIL CONTAMINATION AT THE SELECTED EUROPEAN COPPER MINES Open

Peter Andráš, Pavol Midula, João Xavier Matos, Giuseppe Buccheri, Marek Drímal , et al. · 2021

This article reports the results of a study concerning contamination of the dump-fields by potentially toxic elements at five abandoned copper mines: Ľubietová, Špania Dolina (Slovakia), Libiola, Caporciano (Italy) and São Domingos (Portug…

Mineral Inventory of the Algares 30-Level Adit, Aljustrel Mine, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal Open

Teresa Silva, João Xavier Matos, Daniel de Oliveira, João Pedro Veiga, Igor Morais , et al. · 2020

Mining activity in Algares (Aljustrel Mine, Portuguese sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, IPB) stems prior to Roman times. As the orebody is vertical and relatively thin, mining was carried out mainly along underground adits (galleries). N…

The South Portuguese Zone 1/400 000 LNEG-IGME-Junta de Andalusia common mapping program. A contribution for the Iberian Pyrite Belt VHMS exploration in Portugal and Spain Open

João Xavier Matos · 2020

A regional South Portuguese Zone (SPZ) mapping and stratigraphic program in SW Iberia is presented. It is being developed by LNEG and IGME and financed by the GEO_FPI Project (www.geo-fpi.eu).The SPZ is the sout…

Reply to “Comment on «Stratigraphy of the Northern Pulo do Lobo Domain, SW Iberia Variscides: A palynological contribution» by Zélia Pereira et al. (2018) – Geobios 51, 491–506” Open

Zélia Pereira, Paulo Fernandes, João Xavier Matos, R. C. G. S. Jorge, José Tomás Oliveira · 2019

SW Iberia Variscan Suture Zone: Oceanic Affinity Units Open

C. Quesada, James A. Braid, Paulo Fernandes, Pedro Ferreira, R. C. G. S. Jorge , et al. · 2019

Combined study of mineral deposits and deep geothermal for energy production or urban heating – Comparison between the Portuguese (Neves-Corvo) and the Hungarian (Recsk) case studies Open

József Sas, Máté Osvald, Elsa Ramalho, João Xavier Matos · 2018

Energy and metals are essential resources in the 21st century and with the economic and technical development are more and more required. The fulfilling of these requirements leads to the need to produce both more ore and energy. Consideri…

Comparison of heavy-metal bioaccumulation properties in Pinus sp. and Quercus sp. in selected European Cu deposits Open

Peter Andráš, Ingrid Turisová, Giuseppe Buccheri, João Xavier Matos, Vojtech Dirner · 2016

Heavy-metal contamination of Pinus pinaster, P. sylvestris, Quercus robur, and Q. rotundifolium was studied in four abandoned historic Cu deposits from Italy (Libiola, Caporciano), Portugal (São Domingos), and Slovakia (L'ubietová). The hi…

A importância da geoquímica de solos em prospeção, a missão do LNEG Open

Maria João Batista, João Xavier Matos, Diana Oliveira · 2015

Workshop comemorativo do Ano Internacional dos Solos, uma iniciativa do Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Comite IGCP da Unesco e Centro Ciencia Viva do Lousal.

An integrative assessment of environmental degradation of Caveira abandoned mine area (Southern Portugal) Open

Eduardo Ferreira da Silva, Nuno Durães, Amélia Reis, Carla Patinha, João Xavier Matos , et al. · 2015

Since the end of the 1990s the Portuguese Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is a typical European post-mining region with significant problems related to acid mine drainage (AMD), metal dispersion, mine waste management and unsafe mining infra-str…

Geochemistry of soils and stream sediments in the NE border of the Iberian Pyrite Belt: Implications to Mineral Exploration Open

Filipa Luz, António Mateus, João Xavier Matos · 2015

Workshop comemorativo do Ano Internacional dos Solos, uma iniciativa do Laboratório Nacional \nde Energia e Geologia, Comité IGCP da Unesco e Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal.

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