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Banding in the Margins of Basaltic Dykes Indicates Pulsatory Propagation During Emplacement (2024)
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Allgood, C., Llewellin, E. W., Humphreys, M. C. S., Mathias, S. A., Brown, R. J., & Vye‐Brown, C. (2024). Banding in the Margins of Basaltic Dykes Indicates Pulsatory Propagation During Emplacement. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(4), Article e2023JB028007. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jb028007

Basaltic fissure eruptions, which are the most common type of eruption on Earth, are fed by dykes which mediate magma transport through the crust. Dyke propagation processes are important because they determine the geometry of the transport pathway a... Read More about Banding in the Margins of Basaltic Dykes Indicates Pulsatory Propagation During Emplacement.

A reinterpretation of the mineralization processes involved in the formation of the Tomnadashan sulfide deposit, Loch Tay, Scotland, UK (2024)
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Webb, S., Torvela, T., Chapman, R., Selby, D., & Gooday, R. (2024). A reinterpretation of the mineralization processes involved in the formation of the Tomnadashan sulfide deposit, Loch Tay, Scotland, UK. Scottish Journal of Geology, 60(1), Article sjg2023-023. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2023-023

The Tomnadashan sulfide deposit, which is located on the southern margin of Loch Tay (Scotland, UK), was mined for copper during the 19th century. The genetic processes at Tomnadashan remain poorly understood, and the mineralization has never been da... Read More about A reinterpretation of the mineralization processes involved in the formation of the Tomnadashan sulfide deposit, Loch Tay, Scotland, UK.

Pre-existing ground cracks as lava flow pathways at Kīlauea in 2014 (2024)
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Orr, T. R., Llewellin, E. W., Anderson, K. R., & Patrick, M. R. (2024). Pre-existing ground cracks as lava flow pathways at Kīlauea in 2014. Bulletin of Volcanology, 86(4), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-024-01725-9

In 2014, the Pāhoa lava flow at Kīlauea, on the Island of Hawaiʻi (USA), entered a string of pre-existing meter-width ground cracks in the volcano’s East Rift Zone. The ground cracks transported lava below the surface in a direction discordant to the... Read More about Pre-existing ground cracks as lava flow pathways at Kīlauea in 2014.

Coevolutionary Diagenesis in Tight Sandstone and Shale Reservoirs within Lacustrine-Delta Systems: A Case Study from the Lianggaoshan Formation in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, Southwest China (2024)
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Jiang, N., Wang, X., Zhou, H., Luo, L., Tan, X., Zhu, Y., …Gu, Y. (in press). Coevolutionary Diagenesis in Tight Sandstone and Shale Reservoirs within Lacustrine-Delta Systems: A Case Study from the Lianggaoshan Formation in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, Southwest China. Minerals, 14(4), Article 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14040335

Tight sandstone and shale oil and gas are the key targets of unconventional oil and gas exploration in the lake-delta sedimentary systems of China. Understanding the coevolutionary diagenesis of sandstone and shale reservoirs is crucial for the predi... Read More about Coevolutionary Diagenesis in Tight Sandstone and Shale Reservoirs within Lacustrine-Delta Systems: A Case Study from the Lianggaoshan Formation in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, Southwest China.

An application of AHP and fuzzy entropy-TOPSIS methods to optimize upstream petroleum investment in representative African basins. (2024)
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Cui, Z., Taiwo, O. L., & Aaron, P. M. (2024). An application of AHP and fuzzy entropy-TOPSIS methods to optimize upstream petroleum investment in representative African basins. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 6956. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57445-9

The growing demand of China for petroleum heightens the complexities and prospects in worldwide investments, necessitating refined and strategic investment approaches. Evaluating the potential of different hydrocarbon-potential areas needs more compr... Read More about An application of AHP and fuzzy entropy-TOPSIS methods to optimize upstream petroleum investment in representative African basins..

Seismic stratigraphy and sediment cores reveal lake-level fluctuations in Lake Iznik (NW Turkey) over the past ∼70 ka (2024)
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Gastineau, R., Anselmetti, F., Fabbri, S., Sabatier, P., Roeser, P., Gündüz, S., …de Sigoyer, J. (2024). Seismic stratigraphy and sediment cores reveal lake-level fluctuations in Lake Iznik (NW Turkey) over the past ∼70 ka. Sedimentary Geology, 464, Article 106620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2024.106620

Our study aims to understand the palaeohydrological history of Lake Iznik and unravel the complex interplay between climatic, tectonic, and environmental factors that have shaped this Turkish basin. Through the analysis of seismic stratigraphy and se... Read More about Seismic stratigraphy and sediment cores reveal lake-level fluctuations in Lake Iznik (NW Turkey) over the past ∼70 ka.

Application of the 187Re-187Os geochronometer to crustal materials: Systematics, methodology, data reporting, and interpretation (2024)
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Rooney, A. D., Hnatyshin, D., Toma, J., Saintilan, N. J., Millikin, A. E., Selby, D., & Creaser, R. A. (2024). Application of the 187Re-187Os geochronometer to crustal materials: Systematics, methodology, data reporting, and interpretation. GSA Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1130/b37294.1

The rhenium-osmium (187Re-187Os) system is a highly versatile chronometer that is regularly applied to a wide range of geological and extraterrestrial materials. In addition to providing geo- or cosmo-chronological information, the Re-Os system can a... Read More about Application of the 187Re-187Os geochronometer to crustal materials: Systematics, methodology, data reporting, and interpretation.

Application of a seismic network to baleen whale call detection and localization in the Panama basin-a Bryde's whale example. (2024)
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Tary, J. B., Peirce, C., Hobbs, R., Bonilla Walker, F., De La Hoz, C., Bird, A., & Vargas, C. A. (2024). Application of a seismic network to baleen whale call detection and localization in the Panama basin-a Bryde's whale example. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(3), 2075-2086. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025290

Baleen whales use sounds of various characteristics for different tasks and interactions. This study focuses on recordings from the Costa Rica Rift, in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean, made by 25 ocean-bottom seismographs and a vertical array of 1... Read More about Application of a seismic network to baleen whale call detection and localization in the Panama basin-a Bryde's whale example..

Spatial migration of temporal earthquake clusters driven by the transfer of differential stress between neighbouring fault/shear-zone structures (2024)
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Roberts, G., Sgambato, C., Mildon, Z., Iezzi, F., Beck, J., Robertson, J., …Mitchell, S. (2024). Spatial migration of temporal earthquake clusters driven by the transfer of differential stress between neighbouring fault/shear-zone structures. Journal of Structural Geology, 181, Article 105096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105096

Uncertainty concerning the processes responsible for slip-rate fluctuations associated with temporal clustering of surface faulting earthquakes is a fundamental, unresolved issue in tectonics, because strain-rates accommodated by fault/shear-zone str... Read More about Spatial migration of temporal earthquake clusters driven by the transfer of differential stress between neighbouring fault/shear-zone structures.

How, when and where current mass flows in Martian gullies are driven by CO2 sublimation (2024)
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Roelofs, L., Conway, S. J., de Haas, T., Dundas, C., Lewis, S. R., McElwaine, J., …Patel, M. R. (2024). How, when and where current mass flows in Martian gullies are driven by CO2 sublimation. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01298-7

Martian gullies resemble water-carved gullies on Earth, yet their present-day activity cannot be explained by water-driven processes. The sublimation of CO2 has been proposed as an alternative driver for sediment transport, but how this mechanism wor... Read More about How, when and where current mass flows in Martian gullies are driven by CO2 sublimation.

River water quality shaped by land–river connectivity in a changing climate (2024)
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Li, L., Knapp, J. L. A., Lintern, A., Ng, G. C., Perdrial, J., Sullivan, P. L., & Zhi, W. (2024). River water quality shaped by land–river connectivity in a changing climate. Nature Climate Change, 14(3), 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01923-x

River water quality is crucial to ecosystem health and water security, yet its deterioration under climate change is often overlooked in climate risk assessments. Here we review how climate change influences river water quality via persistent, gradua... Read More about River water quality shaped by land–river connectivity in a changing climate.

“You Think You’re Going to Get Better”: A Creative-Relational Inquiry Into Long Covid and Physical Activity (2024)
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Carless, D., Ormerod, J., Douglas, K., Kan, D., Meach, R., Hayes, L. D., …Sculthorpe, N. F. (2024). “You Think You’re Going to Get Better”: A Creative-Relational Inquiry Into Long Covid and Physical Activity. Qualitative Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004241234633

This creative-relational inquiry explores the lived experience of people suffering from Long Covid. Responding to calls for a publicly oriented qualitative inquiry, we collaborate across an extended project team to develop and share an accessible and... Read More about “You Think You’re Going to Get Better”: A Creative-Relational Inquiry Into Long Covid and Physical Activity.

Garnet zoning patterns record multiple processes of chemical transfer during subduction (2024)
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George, F. R., Viete, D. R., Ávila, J., Seward, G. G., Guice, G. L., Allen, M. B., & Harrower, M. J. (2024). Garnet zoning patterns record multiple processes of chemical transfer during subduction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 631, Article 118634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118634

Subduction is the principal mechanism by which volatiles are transferred from the Earth's surface to its interior. In garnets from eclogites and blueschists formed within the subduction setting, fine-scale, oscillatory elemental zoning is a common fe... Read More about Garnet zoning patterns record multiple processes of chemical transfer during subduction.

The rheological response of magma to nanolitisation (2024)
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Pereira, L., Linard, Y., Wadsworth, F. B., Vasseur, J., Hess, K., Moretti, R., …Neuville, D. R. (2024). The rheological response of magma to nanolitisation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 448, Article 108039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108039

Viscosity exerts a fundamental control on magmatic kinetics and dynamics, controlling magma ascent, eruptive style, and the emplacement of lava. Nanolites – crystals smaller than a micron – are thought to affect magma viscosity, but the underlying me... Read More about The rheological response of magma to nanolitisation.

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..