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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Adrien Damon, Stephane Mazzotti, Philippe Vernant, Remi Vachon, Juliette Grosset, Frederic Ego, David Baumont
Summary: Stable Continental Regions can experience large damaging earthquakes, with Glacial Isostatic Adjustment potentially triggering fault failure hundreds of kilometers away from former glaciations.
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
S. Bruggmann, S. Severmann, J. McManus
Summary: Concentrations and isotope ratios of chromium (Cr) in marine sediment can be used to reconstruct ocean biogeochemical conditions. The study examines the differences in Cr concentrations between oxic and anoxic sediments, finding that Cr concentrations are lower in oxic sediments. It also highlights the strong dependence of Cr on sedimentary redox conditions and biological productivity.
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(2023)
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Hamdy A. M. Aboulela
Summary: This study used marine gravity data to conduct geological modeling, and the results showed that the thickness of sedimentary layers, tectonic structures, and crustal density have important effects on crustal modeling.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
D. C. Mosher, G. Yanez-Carrizo
Summary: The morphology of divergent continental margins is shaped by rift processes, the interaction of oceanic, continental, and transitional crust, and sedimentary processes. Classifying margin components into shelf, slope, rise, and abyssal plain segments can be challenging due to complex geomorphologies. This study aims to develop a methodology to better identify and understand the rise component.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Jinxiu Yang, Mingyue Lu, Zhiguang Yao, Min Wang, Shuangfang Lu, Ning Qi, Ying Xia
Summary: This paper discusses the relationship between seabed methane seepage and gas hydrate systems, and their impact on climate change. Through geophysical examination and modeling of global seabed methane seepage events, different types of seabed methane seepage were identified, with subtype B2 considered as the most significant type.
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Shuang Li, Tiago M. Alves, Wei Li, Xiujuan Wang, Michele Rebesco, Jian Li, Fang Zhao, Kaiqi Yu, Shiguo Wu
Summary: Submarine canyons were investigated in the northwest South China Sea using high-resolution multibeam bathymetric and 2D seismic data, revealing their formation in the Late Miocene due to retrogressive slope failure caused by sediment build-up. The morphology of the canyons is primarily controlled by differences in sediment supply and tectonic events.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mengfan Chu, Meixun Zhao, Timothy Eglinton, Rui Bao
Summary: To differentiate the causes of aged organic carbon (OC) in sediments, we propose a mathematical index, b(AgedOC), and apply it to terrestrial OC transport and dispersal pathways and other continental margin settings. This method helps us understand the contribution of lateral transport to the aging of OC in marine sediments.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Akinwale O. Ogunkoya, James M. Martin-Hayden, Timothy G. Fisher, Kennedy O. Doro
Summary: In this study, a 3D conceptual hydrogeological model of the Oak Openings Region (OOR) in Ohio was developed by combining geophysical and geologic data. The model shows the presence of a rhythmically laminated silt and clay unit underlying the study area, which plays a role in the interaction between different aquifers. The integration of geophysics with geologic data improved the understanding of the hydrostratigraphic layers and refined the aquifer conceptual model.
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Marta Miatta, Paul V. R. Snelgrove
Summary: The heterogeneous topography of continental margins can influence patterns of resource availability and biodiversity in deep-sea sediments. This study in the Northwest Atlantic continental margin found contrasting spatial patterns and drivers of benthic nutrient fluxes and macrofaunal communities in different sedimentary habitats.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Asif Ashraf, Irina Filina
Summary: This study aims to explain the nonuniform earthquake pattern along the Cascadia Subduction Zone by investigating the relationship between the tectonic features of the subducting oceanic Juan de Fuca slab and the onshore seismicity pattern. Through the use of multiple geophysical data sets, the study reveals regions of decreased crustal density and clusters of seamounts that may have an influence on the overall subduction process. The study also finds that more earthquakes are observed in the north due to the movement of these structures towards the Washington portion of the margin.
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS
(2023)
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Geology
Berit Oline Hjelstuen, Hans Petter Sejrup
Summary: By compiling data on sediment volumes, sedimentation rates, and chronology of Quaternary sediment packages along the entire marine margin of the Eurasian ice sheets, the development of the Eurasian ice sheets can be divided into three phases. The data suggests that at the beginning of the Quaternary, sedimentation rates increased significantly, and the Kara-Barents Sea-Svalbard Ice Sheet was already quite large.
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Andreas Brotzer, Thomas Funck, Wolfram H. Geissler, Karsten Piepjohn, Ingo Heyde, Kai Berglar
Summary: During expedition PS115/1, seismic data was collected by the German research vessel Polarstern, revealing the presence of volcanic activity, sedimentary rocks, and magmatic intrusions in Greenland's northern continental margin. These findings provide valuable insights into the structure and formation of the region.
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Geography, Physical
Jingxin Jiang, Xiumian Hu, Juan Li, Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel, Eduardo Garzanti
Summary: The study provides a detailed documentation of the PETM in the Xigaze forearc basin and shows the associated environmental and hydrological changes. During the PETM event, there was a notable increase in siliciclastic supply, leading to a temporary demise of the carbonate ramp.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2021)
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Geography, Physical
Martim Mas e Braga, Jorge Bernales, Matthias Prange, Arjen P. Stroeven, Irina Rogozhina
Summary: Studies suggest that during the MIS11c interglacial period, the East and West Antarctic ice sheets contributed 4.0-8.2 meters to sea level rise. Additionally, if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapses, the contribution to global sea level rise ranges from 6.7-8.2 meters, with main uncertainty coming from the sensitivity of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to initial ice sheet configuration choices.
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Evolutionary Biology
Xiao-Han Song, Jorge Assis, Jie Zhang, Xu Gao, Han-Gil Gao, De-Lin Duan, Ester A. Serrao, Zi-Min Hu
Summary: The study found that the brown alga Sargassum thunbergii possesses rich genetic diversity and multiple divergent lineages in the central-northern range of its distribution, while a genetically distinct lineage is present in the southern range. The research revealed refugial persistence in the southern range during the last glacial maximum (LGM) and a northward expansion post-LGM. Bayesian computation analysis suggested that the multiple divergent lineages in the center-northern range stem from colonization from the southern survived lineage after the LGM.
EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
(2021)
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Geology
David J. Leydet, Anders E. Carlson, James T. Teller, Andrew Breckenridge, Aaron M. Barth, David J. Ullman, Gaylen Sinclair, Glenn A. Milne, Joshua K. Cuzzone, Marc W. Caffee
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Riccardo Arosio, Kirsty C. Crocket, Geoffrey M. Nowell, S. Louise Canard, John A. Howe, Sara Benetti, Derek Fabel, Steve Moreton, Chris D. Clark
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Geography, Physical
S. Louise Callard, Colm O. Cofaigh, Sara Benetti, Richard C. Chiverrell, Katrien J. J. Van Landeghem, Margot H. Saher, Jenny A. Gales, David Small, Chris D. Clark, J. Livingstone Stephen, Derek Fabel, Steven G. Moreton
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2018)
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Geography, Physical
Colm O. Cofaigh, Kasper Weilbach, Jerry M. Lloyd, Sara Benetti, S. Louise Callard, Catriona Purcell, Richard C. Chiverrell, Paul Dunlop, Margot Saher, Stephen J. Livingstone, Katrien J. J. Van Landeghem, Steven G. Moreton, Chris D. Clark, Derek Fabel
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2019)
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Geography, Physical
Peter Wilson, Paul Dunlop, Chris Millar, Frances A. Wilson
QUATERNARY RESEARCH
(2019)
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Geography, Physical
Jared L. Peters, Sara Benetti, Paul Dunlop, Andrew J. Wheeler
JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE
(2020)
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Geology
Serena Tarlati, S. Benetti, S. L. Callard, C. O. Cofaigh, P. Dunlop, A. Georgiopoulou, R. Edwards, K. Van Landeghem, M. Saher, R. Chiverrell, D. Fabel, S. Moreton, S. Morgan, C. D. Clark
SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY
(2020)
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Geography, Physical
Colm O. Cofaigh, S. Louise Callard, David H. Roberts, Richard C. Chiverrell, C. K. Ballantyne, David J. A. Evans, Margot Saher, Katrien J. J. Van Landeghem, Rachel Smedley, Sara Benetti, Matthew Burke, Chris D. Clark, Geoff A. T. Duller, Derek Fabel, Stephen J. Livingstone, Stephen Mccarron, Alicia Medialdea, Steven G. Moreton, Fabio Sacchetti
Summary: This study reconstructs the retreat of the British-Irish Ice Sheet from the Atlantic shelf west of Ireland during and following the Last Glacial Maximum using marine-geophysical data, sediment cores, and dating techniques. The results show slow rates of ice-sheet retreat during the Late Glacial Period and the ice sheet eventually became largely terrestrially based.
JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE
(2021)
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Geography, Physical
Cristiana Giglio, Sara Benetti, Fabio Sacchetti, Edward Lockhart, John Hughes Clarke, Ruth Plets, Katrien Van Landeghem, Colm O Cofaigh, James Scourse, Paul Dunlop
Summary: Studying palaeo-glacial landforms and sediments can provide insights into the nature and dynamics of ice sheets. Using high-resolution marine geophysical data, evidence of a large subglacial meltwater discharge system on the Celtic Sea shelf has been identified.
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Geography, Physical
Sara Benetti, Richard C. Chiverrell, Colm O. Cofaigh, Matt Burke, Alicia Medialdea, David Small, Colin Ballantyne, Mark D. Bateman, S. Louise Callard, Peter Wilson, Derek Fabel, Chris D. Clark, Riccardo Arosio, Sarah Bradley, Paul Dunlop, Jeremy C. Ely, Jenny Gales, Stephen J. Livingstone, Steven G. Moreton, Catriona Purcell, Margot Saher, Kevin Schiele, Katrien Van Landeghem, Kasper Weilbach
Summary: New optically stimulated luminescence dating and Bayesian models have allowed researchers to explore the deglaciation of two former sectors of the British-Irish Ice Sheet. The retreat of the ice sheet was influenced by local topography, with Irish and Scottish ice sources separating around 20-19.5 ka. The study also found episodic retreat punctuated by prolonged still-stands and a faster retreat rate for the Malin Sea ice-streams compared to the Donegal Bay ice-streams.
JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE
(2021)
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Geography, Physical
Cristiana Giglio, Sara Benetti, Ruth M. K. Plets, Paul Dunlop, Colm O. Cofaigh, Fabio Sacchetti, Elaine Salomon
Summary: This study focuses on the shelf offshore southwest Ireland and reveals the dynamics of the southern British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) by analyzing relict landforms and sediments. The high-resolution data provide valuable information on the interplay of marine and land-based ice, as well as the presence of grounded ice offshore SW Ireland. The study highlights the importance of high-resolution data in understanding paleo-landscapes and testing scenarios of modern ice sheet changes.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2022)
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Construction & Building Technology
Andreas Leemann, Barbara Lothenbach, Beat Munch, Thomas Campbell, Paul Dunlop
Summary: In County Donegal, northwest Ireland, the Mica Crisis has resulted in severe structural defects in thousands of homes built with concrete blocks, due to high mica content in the aggregates. This project investigated four affected homes and found that, aside from mica, the aggregates contained iron sulphides, particularly pyrrhotite, with sulfur content exceeding the European standard for concrete aggregates. Microstructural analysis and thermodynamic modelling revealed that the concrete suffered from internal sulfate attack triggered by pyrrhotite oxidation. Furthermore, the results of this investigation were representative of the situation in Donegal, as evidenced by data from chartered engineers on almost a hundred damaged homes.
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
(2023)