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GEMSToolbox: A novel modelling tool for rapid screening of mines for geothermal heat extraction (2024)
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Mouli-Castillo, J., van Hunen, J., MacKenzie, M., Sear, T., & Adams, C. (2024). GEMSToolbox: A novel modelling tool for rapid screening of mines for geothermal heat extraction. Applied Energy, 360, Article 122786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122786

Mine water geothermal heat extraction is a promising technology to provide long-term, zero carbon heating in former coal mining regions. However to allow the technology to develop further, modelling tools which are faster than 3D coupled-process simu... Read More about GEMSToolbox: A novel modelling tool for rapid screening of mines for geothermal heat extraction.

Human-triggered magnification of erosion rates in European Alps since the Bronze Age (2024)
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Rapuc, W., Giguet-Covex, C., Bouchez, J., Sabatier, P., Gaillardet, J., Jacq, K., …Arnaud, F. (2024). Human-triggered magnification of erosion rates in European Alps since the Bronze Age. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 1246. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45123-3

A major feature of the Anthropocene is the drastic increase in global soil erosion. Soil erosion is threatening Earth habitability not only as soils are an essential component of the Earth system but also because societies depend on soils. However, p... Read More about Human-triggered magnification of erosion rates in European Alps since the Bronze Age.

Overriding Plate Thickness as a Controlling Factor for Trench Retreat Rates in Narrow Subduction Zones (2024)
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Gea, P. J., Mancilla, F. D. L., Negredo, A. M., & van Hunen, J. (2024). Overriding Plate Thickness as a Controlling Factor for Trench Retreat Rates in Narrow Subduction Zones. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(2), Article e2023GC011345. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gc011345

Slab width is a significant factor in controlling subduction zone dynamics, particularly the retreat velocities, which tend to decrease with wider slabs. However, observations of natural narrow subduction zones reveal no correlation between slab widt... Read More about Overriding Plate Thickness as a Controlling Factor for Trench Retreat Rates in Narrow Subduction Zones.

Health‐Damaging Climate Events Highlight the Need for Interdisciplinary, Engaged Research (2024)
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Stowell, J. D., Anenberg, S., Zaitchik, B. F., Tong, D. Q., Horwell, C. J., Stolle, D. P., …McEntee, C. (2024). Health‐Damaging Climate Events Highlight the Need for Interdisciplinary, Engaged Research. Geohealth, 8(2), Article e2024GH001022. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gh001022

In 2023 human populations experienced multiple record‐breaking climate events, with widespread impacts on human health and well‐being. These events include extreme heat domes, drought, severe storms, flooding, and wildfires. Due to inherent lags in t... Read More about Health‐Damaging Climate Events Highlight the Need for Interdisciplinary, Engaged Research.

Late Ordovician and early Silurian virgianid and stricklandioid brachiopods from North Greenland: implications for a warm‐water faunal province (2024)
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Jin, J., Rasmussen, C. M. Ø., Sheehan, P. M., & Harper, D. A. T. (2024). Late Ordovician and early Silurian virgianid and stricklandioid brachiopods from North Greenland: implications for a warm‐water faunal province. Papers in Palaeontology, 10(1), Article e1544. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1544

An unusually rich and diverse suite of virgianid brachiopods, hitherto poorly known, is systematically described here for the first time from the Ordovician–Silurian boundary interval (late Katian – Aeronian) of North Greenland. The Late Ordovician v... Read More about Late Ordovician and early Silurian virgianid and stricklandioid brachiopods from North Greenland: implications for a warm‐water faunal province.

Oceanic crust – seismic structure, lithology and the cause of the 2A Event at borehole 504B (2024)
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Peirce, C., & Hobbs, R. (2024). Oceanic crust – seismic structure, lithology and the cause of the 2A Event at borehole 504B. Geophysical Journal International, 237(1), 159-189. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae029

This study focuses on the 3-D velocity structure and thickness of ~7 Myr-old oceanic crust surrounding borehole 504B, located ~235 km from the intermediate-spreading Costa Rica Rift (Panama Basin). It investigates how well seismic structure determine... Read More about Oceanic crust – seismic structure, lithology and the cause of the 2A Event at borehole 504B.

Rhenium elemental and isotopic variations at magmatic temperatures (2024)
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Wang, W., Dickson, A., Stow, M., Dellinger, M., Burton, K., Savage, P., …Prytulak, J. (2024). Rhenium elemental and isotopic variations at magmatic temperatures. Geochemical perspectives letters, 28, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2402

Recent analytical advances in the measurement of rhenium (Re) isotope ratios allow its potential as a palaeoredox and chemical weathering proxy to be explored. However, a successful isotopic proxy must be grounded by an understanding of its compositi... Read More about Rhenium elemental and isotopic variations at magmatic temperatures.

Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin (2024)
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Tan, X., Jiang, W., Luo, L., Gluyas, J., Song, L., Liu, J., …Chen, L. (2024). Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 161, Article 106699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106699

Understanding eodiagenesis is essential to decoding the diagenetic pathways of tight sandstones that act as excellent unconventional oil & gas reservoirs. Great paleoclimate change is capable of influencing eodiagenetic processes of tight sandstones... Read More about Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin.

Enhanced volcanic activity and long-term warmth in the middle Eocene revealed by mercury and osmium isotopes from IODP Expedition 369 Site U1514 (2024)
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Lim, D., Xu, Z., Kim, J., Wang, W., Ownsworth, E., Selby, D., …Chang, T. (2024). Enhanced volcanic activity and long-term warmth in the middle Eocene revealed by mercury and osmium isotopes from IODP Expedition 369 Site U1514. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 627, Article 118565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118565

Rapid plate reorganization may have influenced global climate during the Eocene; however, its linkage remains poorly constrained, particularly during the middle Eocene. To elucidate this tectonic–climatic relationship, here, we conducted a comprehens... Read More about Enhanced volcanic activity and long-term warmth in the middle Eocene revealed by mercury and osmium isotopes from IODP Expedition 369 Site U1514.

Martian cave detection via machine learning coupled with visible light imagery (2024)
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Watson, T. H., & Baldini, J. U. (2024). Martian cave detection via machine learning coupled with visible light imagery. Icarus, 411, Article 115952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115952

Cave entrances on Mars, formed from lava tube collapses, are key to the future exploration of the planet. They represent valuable exploration targets for signs of life and could provide shelter for prospective human endeavours. In this survey, a conv... Read More about Martian cave detection via machine learning coupled with visible light imagery.