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Sulphur isotope stratigraphy of drill cuttings and stratigraphic correlation of Permian-Triassic evaporites (2023)
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Salisbury, J., Gröcke, D. R., & McKie, T. (2023). Sulphur isotope stratigraphy of drill cuttings and stratigraphic correlation of Permian-Triassic evaporites. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11,

The stratigraphy of the European late Permian-Triassic commonly lacks chronostratigraphic constraint due to the scarcity of diagnostic fossils for biostratigraphy. This is particularly true for the United Kingdom, and as a result, stratigraphic corre... Read More about Sulphur isotope stratigraphy of drill cuttings and stratigraphic correlation of Permian-Triassic evaporites.

A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to Earth’s crust (2023)
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Boocock, T. J., Mikhail, S., Boyce, A. J., Prytulak, J., Savage, P. S., & Stüeken, E. E. (in press). A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to Earth’s crust. Nature Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01194-3

The igneous portion of Earth’s continental crust represents a long-term sink of terrestrial nitrogen, but the origin of the nitrogen in this reservoir remains ambiguous. Possible sources include magmatic differentiation of mantle-derived melts (that... Read More about A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to Earth’s crust.

Swelling of compacted bentonite in organic solvents: Correlation of rate and extent of swelling with solvent properties (2023)
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Erdogan, A. R., Whitford, A. C., Underwood, T. R., Sellick, C., Patel, R., Skipper, N. T., & Greenwell, H. C. (2023). Swelling of compacted bentonite in organic solvents: Correlation of rate and extent of swelling with solvent properties. Applied Clay Science, 241, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2023.107000

The swelling of clay minerals within shale formations during oil and gas exploration, and within compacted bentonite barriers for radioactive waste containment, presents a number of challenges to operators. Whilst much work has been devoted to unders... Read More about Swelling of compacted bentonite in organic solvents: Correlation of rate and extent of swelling with solvent properties.

The expendables: Bioarchaeological evidence for pauper apprentices in 19th century England and the health consequences of child labour (2023)
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Gowland, R. L., Caffell, A. C., Quade, L., Levene, A., Millard, A. R., Holst, M., …Alexander, M. M. (2023). The expendables: Bioarchaeological evidence for pauper apprentices in 19th century England and the health consequences of child labour. PLoS ONE, 18(5), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284970

Child labour is the most common form of child abuse in the world today, with almost half of child workers employed in hazardous industries. The large-scale employment of children during the rapid industrialisation of the late 18th and early 19th cent... Read More about The expendables: Bioarchaeological evidence for pauper apprentices in 19th century England and the health consequences of child labour.

Diffuse and concentrated nitrogen sewage pollution in island environments with differing treatment systems (2023)
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Alldred, F., Gröcke, D., Leung, C., Wright, L., & Banfield, N. (2023). Diffuse and concentrated nitrogen sewage pollution in island environments with differing treatment systems. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 4838. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32105-6

Macroalgae is an under-utilised tool as a bioindicator of anthropogenic nitrogen loading to the coastal environment in the UK. This study compared two island systems—Jersey (Channel Islands) and St Mary’s (Isles of Scilly) to assess how differing sew... Read More about Diffuse and concentrated nitrogen sewage pollution in island environments with differing treatment systems.

Slab to back-arc to arc: Fluid and melt pathways through the mantle wedge beneath the Lesser Antilles (2023)
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Hicks, S. P., Bie, L., Rychert, C. A., Harmon, N., Goes, S., Rietbrock, A., …Kendall, J. (2023). Slab to back-arc to arc: Fluid and melt pathways through the mantle wedge beneath the Lesser Antilles. Science Advances, 9(5), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add2143

Volatiles expelled from subducted plates promote melting of the overlying warm mantle, feeding arc volcanism. However, debates continue over the factors controlling melt generation and transport, and how these determine the placement of volcanoes. To... Read More about Slab to back-arc to arc: Fluid and melt pathways through the mantle wedge beneath the Lesser Antilles.

Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK (2023)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., Bird, A., …Selby, D. (2023). Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK. Remote Sensing, 15(3), Article 695. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030695

Constraining the age of formation and repeated movements along fault arrays in superimposed rift basins helps us to better unravel the kinematic history as well as the role of inherited structures in basin evolution. The Inner Moray Firth Basin (IMFB... Read More about Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry Coupled with In Situ Fieldwork and U-Pb Geochronology to Decipher Multi-Phase Deformation Processes: A Case Study from Sarclet, Inner Moray Firth Basin, UK.

Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism (2023)
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Jones, M., Sageman, B., Selby, D., Jacobson, A., Batenburg, S., Riquier, L., …Hobbs, R. (2023). Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism. Nature Geoscience, 16(2), 169-174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01115-w

Large igneous province volcanic activity during the mid-Cretaceous approximately 94.5 million years ago triggered a global-scale episode of reduced marine oxygen levels known as Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. It has been hypothesized that this geologically... Read More about Abrupt episode of mid-Cretaceous ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanism.

Origin and evolution of a CO2-Rich gas reservoir offshore Angola: Insights from the Gas Composition and isotope analysis (2022)
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Liu, J., Pujol, M., Zhou, H., Selby, D., Li, J., & Cheng, B. (2023). Origin and evolution of a CO2-Rich gas reservoir offshore Angola: Insights from the Gas Composition and isotope analysis. Applied Geochemistry, 148, Article 105552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105552

The pre-salt sections of the offshore Kwanza Basin, Angola are potentially petroliferous reservoirs like their Brazilian counterparts on the other side of the South Atlantic Ocean. In this study, a pre-salt reservoir of the offshore Kwanza Basin was... Read More about Origin and evolution of a CO2-Rich gas reservoir offshore Angola: Insights from the Gas Composition and isotope analysis.

Decarbonation of subducting carbonate-bearing sediments and basalts of altered oceanic crust: Insights into recycling of CO2 through volcanic arcs (2022)
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Arzilli, F., Burton, M., La Spina, G., Macpherson, C. G., van Keken, P. E., & McCann, J. (2023). Decarbonation of subducting carbonate-bearing sediments and basalts of altered oceanic crust: Insights into recycling of CO2 through volcanic arcs. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 602, Article 117945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117945

The geological carbon cycle has played a key role in controlling climate throughout Earth's history. For the last ∼3 billion years plate tectonics has driven subduction. Subducted slabs have transported CO2 from the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmo... Read More about Decarbonation of subducting carbonate-bearing sediments and basalts of altered oceanic crust: Insights into recycling of CO2 through volcanic arcs.

Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan (2022)
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Hamidi, M. D., Kissane, S., Bogush, A. A., Karim, A. Q., Sagintayev, J., Towers, S., & Greenwell, H. C. (2023). Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 9(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-022-00808-9

The management of groundwater in densely populated areas with no centralized water treatment is critical for the prevention of diseases and maintaining sanitation. Here, we determine the bacteriological and chemical characteristics of groundwater in... Read More about Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan.

Evaluation of Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of Late Cretaceous terrestrial oils in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (2022)
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Rotich, E. K., Handler, M. R., Sykes, R., Naeher, S., Selby, D., & Kroeger, K. F. (2023). Evaluation of Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of Late Cretaceous terrestrial oils in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 149, Article 106071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.106071

The rhenium-osmium (Re–Os) isotope system has been applied to several marine and lacustrine petroleum systems worldwide, showing good potential for dating crude oils and correlating them to their source rocks. Here we explore the applicability of the... Read More about Evaluation of Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of Late Cretaceous terrestrial oils in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.

Implications of new geochronological constraints on the Aberfeldy stratiform barite deposits, Scotland, for the depositional continuity and global correlation of the Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup (2022)
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Moles, N., & Selby, D. (2023). Implications of new geochronological constraints on the Aberfeldy stratiform barite deposits, Scotland, for the depositional continuity and global correlation of the Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup. Precambrian Research, 384, Article 106925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106925

The Dalradian Supergroup of largely clastic metasediments in Scotland and Ireland is a well-known record of Neoproterozoic to Cambrian sedimentation on the Laurentian margin. Its apparent long duration, from ∼ 800 to ∼ 500 Ma, has encouraged a search... Read More about Implications of new geochronological constraints on the Aberfeldy stratiform barite deposits, Scotland, for the depositional continuity and global correlation of the Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup.

High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses (2022)
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Ouyang, H., Gaynor, S. P., Selby, D., Mao, J., Shu, Q., & Li, C. (2023). High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 118(2), 485-507. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4984

The timescales and duration of ore-forming processes in skarn systems are not well constrained. To better understand this, we present high-precision chemical abrasion-isotope dilution-thermal ionization mass spectrometry (CA-ID-TIMS) U-Pb zircon and... Read More about High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses.

River water temperature demonstrates resistance to long‐term air temperature change (2022)
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Worrall, F., Howden, N. J., Burt, T. P., & Hannah, D. M. (2022). River water temperature demonstrates resistance to long‐term air temperature change. Hydrological Processes, 36(11), https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14732

Ecosystem health and water quality of rivers are dependent on their temperature. With ongoing human-induced climate change causing increases in air temperature across the globe, it is anticipated the stream temperatures will rise too—in turn increasi... Read More about River water temperature demonstrates resistance to long‐term air temperature change.

An 80-million-year sulphur isotope record of pyrite burial over the Permian–Triassic (2022)
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Salisbury, J., Gröcke, D. R., Cheung, H. A., Kump, L. R., McKie, T., & Ruffell, A. (2022). An 80-million-year sulphur isotope record of pyrite burial over the Permian–Triassic. Scientific Reports, 12, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21542-4

Despite the extensive use of sulphur isotope ratios (δ34S) for understanding ancient biogeochemical cycles, many studies focus on specific time-points of interest, such as the end-Permian mass extinction (EPME). We have generated an 80 million-year P... Read More about An 80-million-year sulphur isotope record of pyrite burial over the Permian–Triassic.

Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon (2022)
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Liptzin, D., Boy, J., Campbell, J. L., Clarke, N., Laclau, J., Godoy, R., …McDowell, W. H. (2022). Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36(10), https://doi.org/10.1029/2022gb007393

Atmospheric deposition of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to terrestrial ecosystems is a small, but rarely studied component of the global carbon (C) cycle. Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and organic particulates are the sources of atmo... Read More about Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon.

A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas (2022)
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Carter, L. C., Tapster, S. R., Williamson, B. J., Buret, Y., Selby, D., Rollinson, G. K., …Parvaz, D. B. (2022). A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 17272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20158-y

Porphyry-type deposits are a vital source of green technology metals such as copper and molybdenum. They typically form in subduction-related settings from large, long-lived magmatic systems. The most widely accepted model for their formation require... Read More about A rapid change in magma plumbing taps porphyry copper deposit-forming magmas.

The effect of magnetic resonance imaging on mercury release from dental amalgam at 3T and 7T (2022)
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Allison, J. R., Chary, K., Ottley, C., Vuong, Q. C., German, M. J., Durham, J., & Thelwall, P. (2022). The effect of magnetic resonance imaging on mercury release from dental amalgam at 3T and 7T. Journal of Dentistry, 127, Article 104322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104322

Objectives To measure mercury release from standardised hydroxyapatite/amalgam constructs during MRI scanning and investigate the impact of static field strength and radiofrequency (RF) power on mercury release. Methods Amalgam was placed into 140 hy... Read More about The effect of magnetic resonance imaging on mercury release from dental amalgam at 3T and 7T.