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Geography, Physical
Lifeng Cui, Ye Yang, Sheng Xu, Zhiqi Zhao, Hairuo Mao, Xiaolong Zhang, Chenglong Tu, Zhuojun Zhang, Wenjing Liu, Congqiang Liu
Summary: By measuring cosmogenic nuclides and immobile elements in different regions, the study assessed the impact of monsoonal climate on denudation, physical erosion, and chemical weathering processes. The results showed that chemical weathering rates contribute significantly to the overall denudation rates, with no apparent gradient in denudation rates from northeast to south. Chemical weathering intensifies from northeast to south and is inversely related to physical erosion rates.
Article
Geography, Physical
Yanyan Wang, Sean D. Willett
Summary: High-relief great escarpments at passive margins show a paradoxical combination of high relief but low erosion rates, suggesting low rates of landscape change; in this paper, detrital cosmogenic nuclide concentrations are used to characterize patterns of non-vertical landscape evolution and calculate escarpment retreat rates of the Western Ghats; the inferred escarpment retreat rates vary within a range of hundreds to thousands of meters per Myr, indicating a near-constant retreat rate since rifting.
EARTH SURFACE DYNAMICS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
P. Martinez-Garzon, G. C. Beroza, G. M. Bocchini, M. Bohnhoff
Summary: Research finds that small stress changes, such as sea level fluctuations, can trigger earthquakes. High-resolution seismic catalogs with low detection thresholds are best suited to study this phenomenon.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Jessica R. Stanley, Jean Braun, Guillaume Baby, Francois Guillocheau, Cecile Robin, Rebecca M. Flowers, Roderick Brown, Mark Wildman, Romain Beucher
Summary: This study uses a landscape evolution model and a large dataset to investigate the topographic uplift process of the southern African Plateau. The results suggest that the major topographic uplift occurred during the mid-Cretaceous and mid-Cenozoic periods.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
James T. Morris, J. Adam Langley, William C. Vervaeke, Nicole Dix, Ilka C. Feller, Pam Marcum, Samantha K. Chapman
Summary: Mangrove trees invade saltmarshes at subtropical ecotones and can build soil elevation faster than saltmarshes due to their greater biomass production. However, the long-term survival of both mangroves and saltmarshes is uncertain under a significant sea-level increase. These findings provide valuable information for the optimal management of coastal wetlands.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ting-Juan Liao, Benjamin F. Chao
Summary: This study focuses on the variation of the global mean sea level on interannual-decadal timescales and investigates the influences of climatic oscillations. Correlation analyses reveal high correlation between the global mean sea level and El Nino-Southern Oscillation, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, while weak or practically no correlation is found with Arctic Oscillation and Antarctic Oscillation.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Magnus Hieronymus
Summary: This paper introduces a statistical model called the sea level simulator v1.0 which incorporates mean sea level change and sea level extremes into a joint probabilistic framework. The model estimates flood risk as a function of height above the current mean sea level through Monte Carlo simulations. The simulator is lightweight and adaptable, and its flood risk estimates are well suited for adaptation and decision problems.
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Masoud Yousefi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Somaye Vaissi, Anooshe Kafash
Summary: Iran, a biodiversity-rich country, has been influenced by past events such as climate change, mountain uplifting, and sea level change, which have shaped the distribution patterns and genetic structure of vertebrate species. By reviewing different studies, we identified the major events and geographical barriers and compiled an updated checklist of vertebrate species in Iran.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
A. T. Codilean, R-H Fulop, H. Munack, K. M. Wilcken, T. J. Cohen, D. H. Rood, D. Fink, R. Bartley, J. Croke, L. K. Fifield
Summary: This study presents a comprehensive inventory of denudation rates and ratios along the East Australian passive continental margin. Denudation rates are influenced by topography, with higher rates associated with higher rainfall. Additionally, low Al-26/Be-10 ratios are hypothesized to be linked to hydrological variability.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Steven Mithen, Karen Wicks
Summary: This study examines the combined impacts of abrupt climate events and gradual sea level change on Mesolithic communities in northern Britain, finding that hunter-gatherers in this region were especially vulnerable to environmental change. Differences in conclusions about the impacts of abrupt climate events on Holocene hunter-gatherer communities across Europe are attributed to variations in specific ecological settings, cultural repertoires, and social environments.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Andrew T. Lin, Chih-Cheng Yang, Ming-Huei Wang, Jong-Chang Wu
Summary: Oligocene-Miocene sediments in the Taiwan region were studied using boreholes and reflection seismic data, revealing 16 sequences grouped into four sets. Sequence sets B and C show uniform deposition, while sequence sets A and D were influenced by extensional tectonics, forming fault-bounded troughs.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Silas Dean, Simon Bursten, Giorgio Spada, Marta Pappalardo
Summary: SeeLevelViz is a free, open-source program written in Python for creating interactive visualizations of relative sea-level change in landscapes and shorelines. It accurately reconstructs shoreline positions and palaeolandscapes based on digital elevation models and relative sea-level data. It is particularly important for coastal palaeolandscape studies and archaeological interpretations.
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Valentin Rime, Anneleen Foubert, Joel Ruch, Tesfaye Kidane
Summary: The Afar Depression is a unique location where active rift processes are observed, and this study provides a comprehensive review of its geology and tectonostratigraphic evolution. The region can be divided into Central Afar and the Danakil Depression, with differing geological events and characteristics.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Gerben Van Ranst, Ana Carolina Fonseca, Luc Tack, Damien Delvaux, Daniel Baudet, Nicole Yaya Kitambala, Aimee Love Pay, Johan De Grave
Summary: This study aims to determine the timing of uplift and exhumation of the Lower Congo region by using apatite fission track thermochronology and analyzing the geology and geomorphology. The results show that the region experienced multiple phases of exhumation, primarily related to compressive forces at the boundaries of Gondwana.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ryan J. Lowe, Michael V. W. Cuttler, Jeff E. Hansen
Summary: The study highlights the significant role of seasonal and interannual sea level variability in triggering extreme sea level (ESL) events, with these low-frequency contributions being relatively large along the Western Australia coastline. As mean sea level rises, sea level rise is identified as making an increasingly significant contribution to the observed increases in the frequency of ESLs.