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Estimating π Using the Topography of the Terrestrial Planets (2024)
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Vasseur, J., & Wadsworth, F. B. (2024). Estimating π Using the Topography of the Terrestrial Planets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129(3), Article e2024JE008378. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024je008378

It is π‐day 2024 (March 14th) and to celebrate, we ask the question: can π be estimated accurately using the shape of the terrestrial planets and the Moon? We proceed by using models for the planet topographies in slices of constant latitude and comp... Read More about Estimating π Using the Topography of the Terrestrial Planets.

An Edgewood-type Hirnantian fauna from the Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern margin of Laurentia (2024)
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Jin, J., & Harper, D. A. (2024). An Edgewood-type Hirnantian fauna from the Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern margin of Laurentia. Journal of Paleontology, 98(1), 13-39. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2023.87

Silicified brachiopods from Hirnantian strata in three sections of the lower Whittaker Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada, yielded a moderately diverse, Edgewood-type Hirnantian fauna, consisting of 13 species: Biparetis paucirugosus... Read More about An Edgewood-type Hirnantian fauna from the Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern margin of Laurentia.

Bayesian multi-proxy reconstruction of early Eocene latitudinal temperature gradients (2024)
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Eichenseer, K., & Jones, L. A. (2024). Bayesian multi-proxy reconstruction of early Eocene latitudinal temperature gradients. Climate of the Past, 20(2), 349-362. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-349-2024

Accurately reconstructing large-scale palaeoclimatic patterns from sparse local records is critical for understanding the evolution of Earth's climate. Particular challenges arise from the patchiness, uneven spatial distribution, and disparate nature... Read More about Bayesian multi-proxy reconstruction of early Eocene latitudinal temperature gradients.

Overprinting orogenic events, ductile extrusion and strain partitioning during Caledonian transpression, NW Mainland Shetland (2024)
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Armitage, T. B., Holdsworth, R. E., Strachan, R. A., Dempsey, E. D., Walker, R. J., Alvarez-Ruiz, D. T., & Lloyd, G. E. (2024). Overprinting orogenic events, ductile extrusion and strain partitioning during Caledonian transpression, NW Mainland Shetland. Journal of Structural Geology, 180, Article 105088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105088

A 3.6 km thick stack of mid-crustal deformed Precambrian rocks is associated with the North Roe Nappe (NRN) and Walls Boundary Fault in the northernmost Scottish Caledonides on NW Mainland Shetland. The greenschist- to amphibolite-facies rocks displa... Read More about Overprinting orogenic events, ductile extrusion and strain partitioning during Caledonian transpression, NW Mainland Shetland.

Large igneous province activity drives oceanic anoxic event 2 environmental change across eastern Asia (2024)
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Takashima, R., Selby, D., Yamanaka, T., Kuwahara, Y., Nakamura, H., Sawada, K., …Gyawali, B. R. (2024). Large igneous province activity drives oceanic anoxic event 2 environmental change across eastern Asia. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01214-z

During mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2, significant increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations from the eruption of the large igneous provinces is hypothesized to have induced a humid climate and an elevation in nutrient runoff from... Read More about Large igneous province activity drives oceanic anoxic event 2 environmental change across eastern Asia.

Equipping for risk: Lessons learnt from the UK shale-gas experience on assessing environmental risks for the future geoenergy use of the deep subsurface. (2024)
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Smedley, P. L., Allen, G., Baptie, B. J., Fraser-Harris, A. P., Ward, R. S., Chambers, R. M., …Worrall, F. (2024). Equipping for risk: Lessons learnt from the UK shale-gas experience on assessing environmental risks for the future geoenergy use of the deep subsurface. Science of the Total Environment, 921, Article 171036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171036

findings are presented from an investigation to improve understanding of the environmental risks associated with developing an unconventional-hydrocarbons industry in the UK. The EQUIPT4RISK project, funded by UK Research Councils, focused on investi... Read More about Equipping for risk: Lessons learnt from the UK shale-gas experience on assessing environmental risks for the future geoenergy use of the deep subsurface..

The depositional settings of organic-rich shale in the faulted lacustrine basin: A case study of the Y1 Member of the Yingcheng Formation in the Songliao Basin (2024)
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Lan, H., Guo, M., Fu, M., Gluyas, J., Guo, H., Li, D., …Xing, F. (2024). The depositional settings of organic-rich shale in the faulted lacustrine basin: A case study of the Y1 Member of the Yingcheng Formation in the Songliao Basin. Oil Shale, 41(1), 49-70. https://doi.org/10.3176/oil.2024.1.03

Volcanic activity is often associated with the development of faulted lacustrine basins. Organic-rich shale in such basins usually contains abundant volcanic material. The influence of volcanic input on organic-rich shale deposition in the basin stud... Read More about The depositional settings of organic-rich shale in the faulted lacustrine basin: A case study of the Y1 Member of the Yingcheng Formation in the Songliao Basin.

Mantle depletion recorded by olivine and plagioclase megacrysts in oceanic basalts (2024)
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Burton, K., Parkinson, I., & Neave, D. (in press). Mantle depletion recorded by olivine and plagioclase megacrysts in oceanic basalts. Geochemical perspectives letters, 29, 9-13. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2405

Earth’s oceanic crust is largely formed by melting of the upper mantle where it upwells beneath mid-ocean ridges, providing a geographically widespread elemental and isotopic ‘sample’ of Earth’s interior. Radiogenic isotope variations in oceanic basa... Read More about Mantle depletion recorded by olivine and plagioclase megacrysts in oceanic basalts.

Vittrup Man–The life-history of a genetic foreigner in Neolithic Denmark (2024)
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Fischer, A., Sjögren, K., Jensen, T. Z. T., Jørkov, M. L., Lysdahl, P., Vimala, T., …Kristiansen, K. (2024). Vittrup Man–The life-history of a genetic foreigner in Neolithic Denmark. PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0297032. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297032

The lethally maltreated body of Vittrup Man was deposited in a Danish bog, probably as part of a ritualised sacrifice. It happened between c. 3300 and 3100 cal years BC, i.e., during the period of the local farming-based Funnel Beaker Culture. In ter... Read More about Vittrup Man–The life-history of a genetic foreigner in Neolithic Denmark.