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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Speranta-Maria Popescu, William Cavazza, Jean-Pierre Suc, Mihaela Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu, Nadia Barhoun, Christian Gorini
Summary: Multiple studies have shown evidence that marine reflooding occurred prior to the Zanclean GSSP, with the most reliable evidence coming from southern Calabria.
JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
E. M. Mahon, M. W. Wallace
Summary: The well-developed clastic shoreline systems in the Gippsland Basin have been deposited over a period of 70 million years, showing a variety of coastal units influenced primarily by basin subsidence. Despite changes in tectonics and palaeoclimate, basin subsidence appears to be the dominant driver for changes in shoreline location.
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Geology
Cole M. Speed, John M. Swartz, Sean P. S. Gulick, John A. Goff
Summary: This study reveals the preservation and stratigraphic expression of coastal geomorphic features through the analysis of seismic reflection data. It also proposes recognition criteria for the seismic stratigraphic expression of coastal floodplain channels.
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Geology
Markus Wilmsen, Udita Bansal
Summary: The study of Cenomanian strata in Saxony, Germany reveals the environmental background and spatio-temporal patterns of glauconitic strata, questioning the preconditions for glaucony formation. Twelve glauconitic facies types were identified, demonstrating a decreasing trend of glaucony content in vertical succession. The results suggest that glaucony in the Cenomanian of Saxony was primarily produced and deposited in the nearshore zone.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Etienne Jaillard, Abir Chihaoui, Jean-Louis Latil, Ihsen Zghal
Summary: The study revealed that during the early Albian period, the emergence of land on the Tunisian margin gradually disappeared, with the carbonate shelf facies retreating southward and outer shelf marly sedimentation homogenizing. This may be attributed to Coriolis forces deflecting winds and storms towards the North-Tethyan margin, creating a clockwise gyre that enhanced upwelling currents and phosphate mineralization, leading to organic-rich deposits.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
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Geography, Physical
Victoriano Pineda, David Artiaga, Francisco J. Ruiz-Sanchez, Plini Montoya, Jesus M. Soria, Hugo Corbi, Luis Gibert
Summary: The Campo Coy Basin in Southeast Spain contains a thick evaporitic succession associated with the Messinian time. Through the use of paleomagnetism, biostratigraphy, and geochemistry, the age, origin, and paleogeographic evolution of the sedimentary succession were determined. The results indicate that the sediments were deposited in a continental environment, the Betic Seaway was closed in the late Tortonian, and a dry continental environment preceded the Messinian Salinity Crisis.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Maria Clara Meneses Lourenco, Emanuel Ferraz Jardim De Sa, Valeria Centurion Cordoba, Leonardo Muniz Pichel
Summary: The study focuses on revealing the geological structural features in Northeastern Brazil during the Early Cretaceous, emphasizing the association between rifting activities and the opening of the South Atlantic.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geology
Carlos A. Bueno-Cebollada, Marian Fregenal-Martinez, Nieves Melendez
Summary: The study on the Utrillas Group in the Serrania de Cuenca region of the Iberian Basin, Spain, reveals different lateral and vertical trends in the distal area, identifying five stages and highlighting the overall transgressive evolution. These deposits are interpreted as third-order depositional sequences within the regional sequence stratigraphy framework.
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Physics, Mathematical
Severin Bunk, Lukas Mueller, Richard J. Szabo
Summary: The study explores the relationship between bundle gerbes on manifolds carrying an action of a connected Lie group G and the smooth 2-group extensions, and applies the results to new descriptions in quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. Additionally, a definition of smooth string 2-group models within the geometric framework is proposed. Starting from a basic gerbe on a compact simply-connected Lie group G, the construction provides new models for the string group of G.
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
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Geology
J. Preine, J. Karstens, C. Huebscher, P. Nomikou, F. Schmid, G. J. Crutchley, T. H. Druitt, D. Papanikolaou
Summary: The Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field in the Aegean Sea is one of the most active volcano-tectonic lineaments in Europe. This study presents the first consistent chronological framework for the volcanic field, linking the marine stratigraphy to onshore volcanic sequences. Four main phases of volcanic activity were identified, revealing the evolution of the volcanic rift system over time.
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Plant Sciences
Jesus Alberto Perez-Romero, Jose-Maria Barcia-Piedras, Susana Redondo-Gomez, Isabel Cacador, Bernardo Duarte, Enrique Mateos-Naranjo
Summary: This study investigates the influence of NaCl supply on the tolerance of Juncus acutus plants to diesel fuel contamination. The results indicate that NaCl supplementation worsens the effects of diesel toxicity on growth, but the presence of NaCl does not always have a positive effect on plant physiology. The study highlights the importance of understanding the tolerance threshold of a species to environmental factors in determining its bioremediation capacity.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anthony Valverde, Olivier Castro-Morales, Monica Madrigal-Valverde, Marlen Camacho, Vinicio Barquero, Carles Soler, Eduardo R. S. Roldan
Summary: Limited use of computer assisted semen analysis (CASA) for evaluating reptile sperm was observed. The study analyzed sperm kinematic variables in American crocodile semen samples and identified distinct subpopulations based on velocity, progressiveness, and oscillation. Variability among males in kinematic subpopulations suggests potential for future development of assisted reproduction techniques for crocodiles, utilizing CASA technology.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Abua Ikem, Olukayode James Ayodeji, James Wetzel
Summary: The study examined the concentrations of fourteen elements in the edible abdominal muscle of cultured freshwater crayfish species and assessed the potential health risks for the adult population. Findings indicated potential health hazards from high metals/metalloid exposure in crayfish muscle consumption, highlighting the need for caution when consuming farmed crustaceans.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Reniel Rodriguez Ramos, Miguel Rodriguez Lopez, William J. Pestle
Summary: Recently, little systematic work has been done to assess the validity of the cultural chronology of Puerto Rico. To address this, a radiocarbon inventory was assembled from published sources and grey literature to revise the chronology. The findings show that humans arrived on the island much earlier than previously thought, making Puerto Rico the earliest inhabited island of the Antilles.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
M. Lawson, J. Sitgreaves, T. Rasbury, K. Wooton, W. Esch, V Marcon, S. Henares, A. Konstantinou, E. Kneller, D. Gombosi, V Torres, A. Silva, R. Alevato, M. Alevato, S. Becker, J. Eiler
Summary: The Cretaceous lacustrine carbonates of the offshore Brazilian and West African presalt basins have been studied to understand their age and formation conditions. This study provides integrated geochronology-thermometry analysis of these carbonates, revealing their formation in a hot and arid environment. The findings contribute to the understanding of the geological history of these regions.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Fabrice Cordey, Frederic Quillevere
GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Melody Philippon, Jean-Jacques Cornee, Philippe Munch, Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel, Lydie Gailler, Lydian M. Boschman, Frederic Quillevere, Leny Montheil, Aurelien Gay, Jean Frederic Lebrun, Serge Lallemand, Laurent Marivaux, Pierre-Olivier Antoine
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Speranta-Maria Popescu, William Cavazza, Jean-Pierre Suc, Mihaela Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu, Nadia Barhoun, Christian Gorini
Summary: Multiple studies have shown evidence that marine reflooding occurred prior to the Zanclean GSSP, with the most reliable evidence coming from southern Calabria.
JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Speranta-Maria Popescu, Gonzalo Jimenez-Moreno, Stefan Klotz, Gilles Lericolais, Francois Guichard, M. Namik Cagatay, Liviu Giosan, Michel Calleja, Severine Fauquette, Jean-Pierre Suc
Summary: High-resolution pollen analyses were conducted on cores from the western Black Sea and Marmara Sea, revealing significant changes in regional flora over the past 20,000 years due to climatic fluctuations. Evidence of relict thermophilous-hygrophilous trees was found in certain refugia up to the Holocene, and the study provided insights into vegetation dynamics and paleoclimatic reconstructions in the region.
PALAEOBIODIVERSITY AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTS
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Crelia Padron, Frauke Klingelhoefer, Boris Marcaillou, Jean-Frederic Lebrun, Serge Lallemand, Clement Garrocq, Mireille Laigle, Walter R. Roest, Marie-Odile Beslier, Laure Schenini, David Graindorge, Aurelien Gay, Franck Audemard, Philippe Munch
Summary: The Grenada back-arc basin is located between the Aves Ridge and Lesser Antilles Arc, with varying sedimentary cover thickness and velocity structures in different parts of the basin. The opening of the basin likely proceeded in a direction oblique to the main convergence, with widespread volcanism accompanying the process. More research is needed to explore the direction of opening and the extent of the oceanic-type crust underneath the modern island arc in the southeastern part of the basin.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Clement Garrocq, Serge Lallemand, Boris Marcaillou, Jean-Frederic Lebrun, Crelia Padron, Frauke Klingelhoefer, Mireille Laigle, Philippe Munch, Aurelien Gay, Laure Schenini, Marie-Odile Beslier, Jean-Jacques Cornee, Bernard Mercier de Lepinay, Frederic Quillevere, Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel
Summary: This study refines the understanding of the basement structure, depositional history, tectonic deformation, and vertical motions of the Grenada Basin and its margins by combining a large set of deep-penetrating multichannel seismic reflection data and dredge samples with published data. The study reveals the late Paleocene-early Eocene rifting in a NW-SE direction and subsequent seafloor spreading during the middle Eocene, as well as the subsidence of the Aves Ridge along with the Grenada Basin since at least the middle Eocene. The findings also suggest that bathymetric highs remained shallow enough to develop carbonate platforms until the late Miocene.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2021)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Melody Philippon, Jean-Jacques Cornee, Philippe Munch, Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel, Lydie Gailler, Lydian M. Boschman, Frederic Quillevere, Leny Montheil, Aurelien Gay, Jean Frederic Lebrun, Serge Lallemand, Laurent Marivaux, Pierre-Olivier Antoine
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jean-Jacques Cornee, Philippe Munch, Melody Philippon, Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel, Frederic Quillevere, Mihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu, Jean-Frederic Lebrun, Aurelien Gay, Solene Meyer, Leny Montheil, Serge Lallemand, Boris Marcaillou, Muriel Laurencin, Lucie Legendre, Clement Garrocq, Milton Boucard, Marie-Odile Beslier, Mireille Laigle, Laure Schenini, Pierre-Henri Fabre, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Laurent Marivaux
Summary: Our study reconstructs the palaeogeography of the northern part of the Lesser Antilles to analyze potential emerged areas during the Cenozoic era, allowing for terrestrial faunal dispersals between South America and the Greater Antilles. It reveals sequences of uplift and emergence during specific periods, indicating the existence of episodic mega-islands and transient terrestrial connections between different regions.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Marie-Pierre Aubry, Werner E. Piller, Philip L. Gibbard, David A. T. Harper, Stanley C. Finney
Summary: The proposal for formal adoption of the chronostratigraphical/geochronological unit divisions subseries/subepoch has been unanimously ratified by the IUGS Executive Committee. The naming convention for subseries/subepochs within the Cenozoic has also been standardized.
Article
Ecology
Speranta-Maria Popescu, Jean-Pierre Suc, Severine Fauquette, Mostefa Bessedik, Gonzalo Jimenez-Moreno, Cecile Robin, Loic Labrousse
Summary: The study evaluates the diversity of past mangroves with respect to latitude during three Cenozoic thermal maxima and reveals changes in latitudinal distribution of plants in relation to climate. It is found that Avicennia mangroves had a wider range of northward expansion compared to other mangrove taxa during the Early Eocene and Mid-Miocene. The study also suggests that plate tectonics and global cooling may have influenced the provincialism and taxonomic impoverishment of mangrove species.
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Biology
Lionel Hautier, Rodolphe Tabuce, Mickael J. Mourlam, Koffi Evenyon Kassegne, Yawovi Zikpi Amoudji, Maeva Orliac, Frederic Quillevere, Anne-Lise Charruault, Ampah Kodjo Christophe Johnson, Guillaume Guinot
Summary: This study describes a new genus and species of proboscidean, Dagbatitherium tassyi, discovered in Lutetian phosphate deposits from Togo. The findings suggest that Dagbatitherium represents a stem Elephantiformes, pushing back the origin of the group by about 10 million years and potentially unlocking the puzzle of the origin of the unique elephantiform tooth crown organization.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biology
Konstantina Agiadi, Frederic Quillevere, Rafal Nawrot, Theo Sommeville, Marta Coll, Efterpi Koskeridou, Jan Fietzke, Martin Zuschin
Summary: Mesopelagic fishes play crucial roles in marine food webs, are a vast but largely untapped food resource, and contribute significantly to the biological carbon pump. However, their future under climate change scenarios remains uncertain.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jean-Jacques Cornee, Lyvane De Min, Jean-Frederic Lebran, Frederic Quillevere, Mihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu, Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel, Leny Montheil, Boris Marcaillou, Isabelle Thinon, Melody Philippon
Summary: Phylogenetic studies suggest that faunal dispersals between South America and the Greater Antilles may have occurred through the Lesser Antilles during the Cenozoic. However, the migration paths used by their ancestors remain unknown due to the lack of geological data. This study presents novel paleogeographic maps of the central Lesser Antilles, revealing repetitive episodes of uplift and drowning during the Neogene and suggesting the existence of large drowned archipelagos during the Miocene.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Philippe Charlier, Anais Augias, Raphael Weil, Francoise Bouchet, Joel Poupon, Maria Speranta Popescu, Philippe Decloquement, Said Azza, Emmanouil Angelakis, Pascale Richardin, Philippe Colson, Gregory Dubourg, Matthieu Million, Didier Raoult
Summary: Analysis of the relics of King Saint-Louis suggests that he may have died from scurvy and inflammatory jaw disease, with infection by oral commensals potentially being the main cause of the illness.
MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
(2023)
