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Jeremy R. Young, Odysseas A. Archontikis, Xiang Su, Santi D. Pratiwi
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Julie Heggdal Velle, Maureen H. Walczak, Brendan Reilly, Guillaume St-Onge, Joseph S. Stoner, Stewart Fallon, Alan C. Mix, Christina Belanger, Matthias Forwick
Summary: The study investigated high-resolution paleomagnetic records of sediments from the south Alaska continental slope, suggesting that Site U1419 provides the ability to study paleomagnetic secular variation. Due to various factors, sediments at this site are not suitable for paleointensity studies, but the inclination record is deemed reliable to some extent and offers insights into regional geomagnetic variations.
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Emanuelle Frery, Patricia Fryer, Walter Kurz, Ai Nguyen, Olivier Sissmann, Tonguc Uysal, J. Zhao
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Benoit Villemant, Anne Le Friant, Benoit Caron, Giulia Del Manzo, Sara Lafuerza, Laurent Emmanuel, Osamu Ishizuka, Herve Guyard, Nathalie Labourdette, Agnes Michel, Samia Hidalgo
Summary: The products of eruptive and mass-wasting processes in island arc volcanoes are better preserved in marine deposits. The study of two drilled cores from IODP Expedition 340 reveals the volcanic history of Martinique and shows that correlations between landslides or magmatic activity and sea level changes are not consistent.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
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Xingchen Li, Liang Xiong, Wenwei Xie, Ke Gao, Yutao Shao, Yunlong Chen, Yanjiang Yu, Beibei Kou, Qiuping Lu, Jing Zeng, Haoyu Yu
Summary: The hard rock stratum in deep-sea drilling negatively impacts efficiency and increases costs. Three different core bits, namely roller bit, diamond bit, and bionic bit, were designed and tested. Results showed that the roller bit provided stable drilling, low torque, and high efficiency in hard rock stratum. The new formula diamond bit demonstrated good adaptability to changing hard rock strata, with an average rate of penetration of 4.4 m/h and a bit life of 137.75 m. The bionic bit achieved a 100% core recovery rate, with an average rate of penetration of 1.35 m/h and a maximum rate of 1.88 m/h. The design and experiment of these three drill bits effectively solved the technical problem of efficient drilling in deep-sea hard-rock stratum.
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E. R. Thomas, D. R. Tetzner, S. L. Roberts, S. D. Turner, N. L. Rose
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Qingchao Fan, Zhaokai Xu, Kenneth G. MacLeod, Hans-Jurgen Brumsack, Tiegang Li, Fengming Chang, Shiming Wan, Laurent Riquier, Delong Fu, Zhendong Luan, Baichuan Duan, Hongjin Chen, Wei Wang, Dhongil Lim
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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Arianna V. Del Gaudio, Werner E. Piller, Gerald Auer, Walter Kurz
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Yuhji Yamamoto, Hiroto Fukami, Peter C. Lippert
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EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
(2022)
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Brittany N. Hupp, D. Clay Kelly, Reinhard Kozdon, Ian J. Orland, John W. Valley
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Zhong Guangfa, Zhang Di, Zhao Luanxiao
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(2017)
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(2018)
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(2018)
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