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Evidence for rapid weathering response to climatic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (2017)
Journal Article
Them, T., Gill, B., Selby, D., Gröcke, D., Friedman, R., & Owens, J. (2017). Evidence for rapid weathering response to climatic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 5003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05307-y

Chemical weathering consumes atmospheric carbon dioxide through the breakdown of silicate minerals and is thought to stabilize Earth’s long-term climate. However, the potential influence of silicate weathering on atmospheric pCO2 levels on geological... Read More about Evidence for rapid weathering response to climatic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event.

The dawn of a dynasty: life strategies of Cambrian and Ordovician brachiopods (2017)
Journal Article
Topper, T., Zhang, Z., Gutiérrez-Marco, J., & Harper, D. (2018). The dawn of a dynasty: life strategies of Cambrian and Ordovician brachiopods. Lethaia: An International Journal of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, 51(2), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12229

Brachiopods are among the first animal phyla to emerge from the Cambrian Explosion, rapidly diversifying to all major palaeocontinental blocks within 20 million years. The group underwent another steep rise in diversity during the Ordovician, and the... Read More about The dawn of a dynasty: life strategies of Cambrian and Ordovician brachiopods.

Sexual dimorphism within the stem-group arthropod Isoxys volucris from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland (2017)
Journal Article
Nielsen, M., Rasmussen, J., & Harper, D. (2017). Sexual dimorphism within the stem-group arthropod Isoxys volucris from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 65, 47-58

Morphometric analyses carried out on 126 specimens of the early Cambrian (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3) stem-group arthropod Isoxys volucris from North Greenland reveal a bimodal distribution, where Morphogroup A is characterised by a significantly wid... Read More about Sexual dimorphism within the stem-group arthropod Isoxys volucris from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland.

Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore Mw 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS (2017)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M., McCaffrey, K., Jones, R., Roberts, G., Holdsworth, R., Gregory, L., …Iezzi, F. (2017). Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore Mw 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 4612. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04917-w

The temporal evolution of slip on surface ruptures during an earthquake is important for assessing fault displacement, defining seismic hazard and for predicting ground motion. However, measurements of near-field surface displacement at high temporal... Read More about Near-field fault slip of the 2016 Vettore Mw 6.6 earthquake (Central Italy) measured using low-cost GNSS.

Magmatic-tectonic conditions for hydrothermal venting on an ultraslow-spread oceanic core complex (2017)
Journal Article
Harding, J., Van Avendonk, H., Hayman, N., Grevemeyer, I., Peirce, C., & Dannowski, A. (2017). Magmatic-tectonic conditions for hydrothermal venting on an ultraslow-spread oceanic core complex. Geology, 45(9), 839-842. https://doi.org/10.1130/g39045.1

Hydrothermal venting, an important cooling mechanism of the Earth, supports a diverse array of seafloor and sub-seafloor ecosystems that are sustained by large thermal and chemical fluxes. Vents have been found along even the slowest and coldest spre... Read More about Magmatic-tectonic conditions for hydrothermal venting on an ultraslow-spread oceanic core complex.

Continental underplating after slab break-off (2017)
Journal Article
Magni, V., Allen, M., van Hunen, J., & Bouilhol, P. (2017). Continental underplating after slab break-off. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 474, 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.017

We present three-dimensional numerical models to investigate the dynamics of continental collision, and in particular what happens to the subducted continental lithosphere after oceanic slab break-off. We find that in some scenarios the subducting co... Read More about Continental underplating after slab break-off.

Determining fluid migration and isolation times in multiphase crustal domains using noble gases (2017)
Journal Article
Barry, P. H., Lawson, M., Meurer, W., Danabalan, D., Byrne, D., Mabry, J., & Ballentine, C. J. (2017). Determining fluid migration and isolation times in multiphase crustal domains using noble gases. Geology, 45(9), 775-778. https://doi.org/10.1130/g38900.1

Geochemical characteristics in subsurface fluid systems provide a wealth of information about fluid sources, migration, and storage conditions. Determining the extent of fluid interaction (aquifer-hydrocarbon connectivity) is important for oil and ga... Read More about Determining fluid migration and isolation times in multiphase crustal domains using noble gases.

Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden (2017)
Journal Article
Gron, K., Gröcke, D., Larsson, M., Sørensen, L., Larsson, L., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2017). Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 14, 575-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.042

Little is known about arable agriculture in the Early Neolithic (4000–3300 cal BC, Funnel Beaker Culture) of Southern Scandinavia. Archaeobotanical material is rare and few archaeological sites have yielded more than a small number of charred cereal... Read More about Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden.

Application of material balance methods to CO2 storage capacity estimation within selected depleted gas reservoirs (2017)
Journal Article
Clarke, A., Imber, J., Davies, R., van Hunen, J., Daniels, S., & Yielding, G. (2017). Application of material balance methods to CO2 storage capacity estimation within selected depleted gas reservoirs. Petroleum Geoscience, 23(3), 339-352. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2016-052

Depleted gas reservoirs are potential sites for CO2 storage; therefore, it is important to evaluate their storage capacity. Historically, there have been difficulties in identifying the reservoir drive mechanism of gas reservoirs using traditional P/... Read More about Application of material balance methods to CO2 storage capacity estimation within selected depleted gas reservoirs.

Brachiopods: origin and early history (2017)
Journal Article
Harper, D. A., Popov, L. E., & Holmer, L. E. (2017). Brachiopods: origin and early history. Palaeontology, 60(5), 609-631. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12307

Despite many major advances in recent years, three key challenges remain in bringing clarity to the early history of the phylum: (1) identifying the origin, morphology and life modes of the first brachiopods; (2) understanding the relationships of th... Read More about Brachiopods: origin and early history.

Integrated, high-resolution allostratigraphic, biostratigraphic and carbon-isotope correlation of Coniacian strata (Upper Cretaceous), western Alberta and northern Montana (2017)
Book Chapter
Plint, A., Hooper, E., Grifi, M., Walaszczyk, I., Landman, N., Gröcke, D., & Jarvis, I. (2017). Integrated, high-resolution allostratigraphic, biostratigraphic and carbon-isotope correlation of Coniacian strata (Upper Cretaceous), western Alberta and northern Montana. In N. H. Landman, A. G. Plint, & I. Walaszczyk (Eds.), Allostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian) Western Canada Foreland Basin (9-52). American Museum of Natural History

Inoceramid bivalves are the dominant invertebrate fauna of the Coniacian and basal Santonian of the Western Canada Foreland Basin in western Alberta. In the upper lower Coniacian through to basal Santonian, six successive faunas are recognized, which... Read More about Integrated, high-resolution allostratigraphic, biostratigraphic and carbon-isotope correlation of Coniacian strata (Upper Cretaceous), western Alberta and northern Montana.

The 2008 and 2012 Moosiyan Earthquake Sequences: Rare Insights into the Role of Strike Slip and Thrust Faulting within the Simply Folded Belt (Iran) (2017)
Journal Article
Nippress, S. E., Heyburn, R., & Walters, R. (2017). The 2008 and 2012 Moosiyan Earthquake Sequences: Rare Insights into the Role of Strike Slip and Thrust Faulting within the Simply Folded Belt (Iran). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(4), 1625-1641. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120160352

The Zagros mountain belt has an unusually large discrepancy between seismic and geodetic strain rates, implying very large aseismic release of strain. However, the spatial and depth relationship between seismic and aseismic deformation is poorly unde... Read More about The 2008 and 2012 Moosiyan Earthquake Sequences: Rare Insights into the Role of Strike Slip and Thrust Faulting within the Simply Folded Belt (Iran).

Outgassing from Open and Closed Magma Foams (2017)
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von Aulock, F. W., Kennedy, B. M., Maksimenko, A., Wadsworth, F. B., & Lavallée, Y. (2017). Outgassing from Open and Closed Magma Foams. Frontiers in Earth Science, 5, Article 46. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00046

During magma ascent, bubbles nucleate, grow, coalesce, and form a variably permeable porous network. The reorganization, failing and sealing of bubble walls may contribute to the opening and closing of the volcanic system. In this contribution we cau... Read More about Outgassing from Open and Closed Magma Foams.

Translocation of isotopically distinct macroalgae: a route to low-cost biomonitoring? (2017)
Journal Article
Gröcke, D., Racionero-Gómez, B., Marschalek, J., & Greenwell, H. (2017). Translocation of isotopically distinct macroalgae: a route to low-cost biomonitoring?. Chemosphere, 184, 1175-1185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.082

Nitrogen stable isotope ratios (δ15N) in macroalgae are often used to identify sources of nitrogenous pollution in fluvial and estuarine settings. This approach assumes that the macroalgal δ15N is representative of the sources of the pollution averag... Read More about Translocation of isotopically distinct macroalgae: a route to low-cost biomonitoring?.

Seismic structure and segmentation of the axial valley of the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center (2017)
Journal Article
Van Avendonk, H., Hayman, N., Harding, J., Grevemeyer, I., Peirce, C., & Dannowski, A. (2017). Seismic structure and segmentation of the axial valley of the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(6), 2149-2161. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gc006873

We report the results of a two-dimensional tomographic inversion of marine seismic refraction data from an array of ocean-bottom seismographs (OBSs), which produced an image of the crustal structure along the axial valley of the ultraslow-spreading M... Read More about Seismic structure and segmentation of the axial valley of the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center.

Global climate stabilisation by chemical weathering during the Hirnantian glaciation (2017)
Journal Article
Pogge von Strandmann, P., Desrochers, A., Murphy, M., Finlay, A., Selby, D., & Lenton, T. (2017). Global climate stabilisation by chemical weathering during the Hirnantian glaciation. Geochemical perspectives letters, 3(2), 230-237. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.1726

Chemical weathering of silicate rocks is a primary drawdown mechanism of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The processes that affect weathering are therefore central in controlling global climate. A temperature-controlled “weathering thermostat” has long b... Read More about Global climate stabilisation by chemical weathering during the Hirnantian glaciation.

Structural variability of the Tonga-Kermadec forearc characterised using robustly constrained geophysical data (2017)
Journal Article
Funnell, M., Peirce, C., & Robinson, A. (2017). Structural variability of the Tonga-Kermadec forearc characterised using robustly constrained geophysical data. Geophysical Journal International, 210(3), 1681-1702. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx260

Subducting bathymetric anomalies enhance erosion of the overriding forearc crust. The deformation associated with this process is superimposed on pre-existing variable crustal and sedimentary structures developed as a subduction system evolves. Recen... Read More about Structural variability of the Tonga-Kermadec forearc characterised using robustly constrained geophysical data.

The influence of weathering and soil organic matter on Zn isotopes in soils (2017)
Journal Article
Opfergelt, S., Cornélis, J., Houben, D., Givron, C., Burton, K., & Mattielli, N. (2017). The influence of weathering and soil organic matter on Zn isotopes in soils. Chemical Geology, 466, 140-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.06.002

Zinc is an essential micronutrient that is ultimately released during mineral weathering. In soils, organic matter plays a key role in influencing Zn partitioning and therefore on Zn biogeochemical cycling. Soil organic matter is partitioned between... Read More about The influence of weathering and soil organic matter on Zn isotopes in soils.

Rapid assembly and rejuvenation of a large silicic magmatic system: Insights from mineral diffusive profiles in the Kidnappers and Rocky Hill deposits, New Zealand (2017)
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Cooper, G. F., Morgan, D. J., & Wilson, C. J. (2017). Rapid assembly and rejuvenation of a large silicic magmatic system: Insights from mineral diffusive profiles in the Kidnappers and Rocky Hill deposits, New Zealand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 473, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.036

The timescales over which magmas in large silicic systems are reactivated, assembled and stored remains a fundamental question in volcanology. To address this question, we study timescales from Fe–Mg interdiffusion in orthopyroxenes and Ti diffusion... Read More about Rapid assembly and rejuvenation of a large silicic magmatic system: Insights from mineral diffusive profiles in the Kidnappers and Rocky Hill deposits, New Zealand.

Different stages of chemical alteration on metabasaltic rocks in the subduction channel: Evidence from the Western Tianshan metamorphic belt, NW China (2017)
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Xiao, Y., Niu, Y., Wang, K., Iizuka, Y., Lin, J., Wang, D., …Wang, G. (2017). Different stages of chemical alteration on metabasaltic rocks in the subduction channel: Evidence from the Western Tianshan metamorphic belt, NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 145(Part A), 111-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.06.001

To understand the geochemistry of subduction zone metamorphism, especially the large-scale mass transfer at forearc to subarc depths, we carried out a detailed study of a ∼1.5 m size metabasaltic block with well-preserved pillow structures from the C... Read More about Different stages of chemical alteration on metabasaltic rocks in the subduction channel: Evidence from the Western Tianshan metamorphic belt, NW China.