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Flood modeling and fluvial dynamics: A scoping review on the role of sediment transport Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Hossein Hamidifar, Michael Nones, Pawel M. Rowinski
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Unveiling the history and nature of paleostorms in the Holocene Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Kenta Minamidate, Kazuhisa Goto
Tropical and extratropical cyclones have a profound impact on coastal morphology, ecosystems, and human lives. Given the ongoing global warming and the rising coastal populations, it is an urgent task to evaluate their impact on coastal regions ranging from low to high latitudes. Although the observation records show both significant and insignificant changes in tropical cyclone activity over recent
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A systematic review of predictor screening methods for downscaling of numerical climate models Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Aida Hosseini Baghanam, Vahid Nourani, Mohammad Bejani, Hadi Pourali, Sameh Ahmed Kantoush, Yongqiang Zhang
Effective selection of climate predictors is a fundamental aspect of climate modeling research. Predictor Screening (PS) plays a crucial role in identifying regional climate drivers, reducing noise, expediting convergence, and minimizing time consumption, ultimately leading to the development of robust models. This review delves into the complex landscape of PS techniques within the context of Numerical
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Paleogeography of the Gondwana passive margin fragments involved in the Variscan and Alpine collisions: Perspectives from metavolcanic-sedimentary basement of the Western Carpathians Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Igor Soejono, Stephen Collett, Milan Kohút, Vojtěch Janoušek, Karel Schulmann, Zita Bukovská, Nikol Novotná, Tereza Zelinková, Jitka Míková, John M. Hora, František Veselovský
The general configuration of the main continental blocks in the Gondwana supercontinent and the Ediacaran–early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of its northern margin are widely accepted. However, reconstruction of the original positions and the question of potential separation of the Gondwana-derived crustal segments that are now included in the Variscan and Alpine orogenic belts remain controversial
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Contemporaneous closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Middle-Late Triassic: A synthesis of new evidence and tectonic implications for the final assembly of Pangea Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Dongfang Song, Wenjiao Xiao, Songjian Ao, Qigui Mao, Bo Wan, Hao Zeng
The closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean (PAO) is crucial for understanding the late Paleozoic–early Mesozoic paleogeography of Proto-Asia and the tectonic configuration of NE Pangea. However, the timing and mechanism for the PAO closure and final amalgamation of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) remain highly controversial. Available studies argue either for a pre-Carboniferous closure or eastward
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A time-calibrated ‘Tree of Life’ of aquatic insects for knitting historical patterns of evolution and measuring extant phylogenetic biodiversity across the world Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Jorge García-Girón, Cesc Múrria, Miquel A. Arnedo, Núria Bonada, Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles, Tomáš Derka, Jose María Fernández-Calero, Zhengfei Li, José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, Zhicai Xie, Jani Heino
The extent to which the sequence and timing of important events on Earth have influenced biological evolution through geological time is a matter of ongoing debate. In this context, the phylogenetic history of aquatic insects remains largely elusive, and our understanding of their chronology is fragmentary and incomplete at best. Here, after gathering a comprehensive data matrix of 3125 targeted rRNA
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Artificial intelligence in paleontology Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Congyu Yu, Fangbo Qin, Akinobu Watanabe, Weiqi Yao, Ying Li, Zichuan Qin, Yuming Liu, Haibing Wang, Qigao Jiangzuo, Allison Y. Hsiang, Chao Ma, Emily Rayfield, Michael J. Benton, Xing Xu
The accumulation of large datasets and increasing data availability have led to the emergence of data-driven paleontological studies, which reveal an unprecedented picture of evolutionary history. However, the fast-growing quantity and complication of data modalities make data processing laborious and inconsistent, while also lacking clear benchmarks to evaluate data collection and generation, and
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Temporal-spatial patterns of Mesozoic Paleo-Pacific and Tethyan supra-subduction systems in SE Asia: Key observations and controversies in Borneo and its surroundings Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Yuejun Wang, Xin Qian, Peter A. Cawood, Chengshi Gan, Yuzhi Zhang, Feifei Zhang, J.-B. Asis, Yonggang Yan, Cheng Wang
The Mesozoic tectonic regime of the Indonesian Archipelago holds the key to decoding the development of the East Asia continental margin and unraveling the temporal-spatial pattern of the Paleo-Pacific and Tethyan supra-subduction systems in SE Asia. However, no consensus has been reached on the “intersected location (where), timing (when) and mechanism (why)” of the two supra-systems in the “narrow
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Tracing the subduction and accretion history of the trench-arc-basin system in the Chinese Eastern Tianshan: Insights from Paleozoic magmatic and crustal evolution Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Long Du, Xiaoping Long, Chao Yuan, Yunying Zhang, Zongying Huang, Hongli Zhu
Accretionary orogens function as crucial sites for the generation of arc igneous rocks and continental crust, but the spatial and temporal distribution of arc igneous rocks and the link between the arc magmatic processes and crust generation within individual orogens remains poorly constrained. To address this issue, we have summarized published geochemical and zircon isotopic data for Paleozoic (∼460–280 Ma)
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Gone with the tides? Reassessing possible eolian strata in the Paleoarchean Moodies Group in the context of the Archean eolian record Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 S. Reimann, A. Zametzer, C. Heubeck
It is unresolved when eolian processes began to significantly affect global mean sand composition and texture through abrasion and enhanced sorting. Reports of Proterozoic eolian textures and sedimentary structures are common, in particular from 1.8 Ga on, but the Archean (4.0–2.5 Ga) geologic record possesses only seven reported eolian occurrences which generally do not manifest more than a few diagnostic
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Residual trapping capacity of subsurface systems for geological storage of CO2: Measurement techniques, meta-analysis of influencing factors, and future outlook Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Haiyang Zhang, Muhammad Arif
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Interplay between early rifting, later folding, and sedimentary filling of a long-lived Tethys remnant: The Levant Basin Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Yael Sagy, Zohar Gvirtzman
Deep and long-lived rifted basins host valuable information about tectonic evolution and environmental changes occurring in their surroundings throughout hundreds of millions of years. These basins, however, are hard to infer, because their deep parts are commonly obscured in seismic images and their structure is affected by several deformation phases that occurred during their long history.
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Quantification and uncertainty of global upland soil methane sinks: Processes, controls, model limitations, and improvements Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Hanxiong Song, Changhui Peng, Qiuan Zhu, Zhi Chen, Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Qiuyu Liu, Tong Li, Peng Li, Zelin Liu
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Subduction dynamics and overriding plate deformation Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 W.P. Schellart
The style of overriding plate deformation at subduction zones varies from backarc spreading and basin formation, as found in the Scotia Sea, to shortening and cordilleran orogeny, as observed in the Andes. Why this difference exists and why overriding plate extension occurs more frequently than shortening remains unexplained. In this contribution, various conceptual mechanisms of overriding plate deformation
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Inventory-based evaluation of 210Po-210Pb-226Ra disequilibria in deep oceans and new insights on their utility as biogeochemical tracers: A global data synthesis of research over six decades Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Denada Planaj, Mark Baskaran
Disequilibria between the long-lived parents and short-lived particle-reactive daughters have been extensively used over the past six decades as tracers and chronometers in aquatic systems. In particular, the particle-reactive progeny of Ra (Pb, half-life, T, = 22.3 years and Po, T = 138.4 days) have been widely utilized to quantify oceanic biogeochemical processes (e.g. elemental export fluxes, residence
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Glacial terminations or glacial interruptions? Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Lowell Stott
In the early 20th century, after contributing major advances in calculating radiation forcing on planetary bodies, Milutin Milankovitch the Serbian mathematician took up the challenge of explaining why Earth has experienced recurrent episodes of glaciation. Influenced by the ideas of his predecessors, Milankovitch developed a theory that centered on the notion that summertime temperature at high northern
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The interaction between geomorphology and man: The case of the Fars arc (southern Iran) Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Andrea Sembroni, Pierfrancesco Callieri, Alireza Askari Chaverdi
To settle in a given area, man has to deal with the surrounding environment and the geomorphological processes that shaped it. Landscape defines the available resources and landscape changes are related to tectonics, hydrography and variations in climate and biota. To cope with environmental limitations, man developed efficient techniques and capabilities to survive, making the best use of natural
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Organic compounds in geological hydrothermal systems: A critical review of molecular transformation and distribution Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Huiyuan Xu, Quanyou Liu, Zhijun Jin, Dongya Zhu, Qingqiang Meng, Xiaoqi Wu, Pengpeng Li, Biqing Zhu
There has been a surge in the number of studies on submarine hydrothermal vents and smokers, which has enhanced our understanding of the evolution of organic hydrocarbons and compounds with heat and various inorganics released from the inner earth. There is great variability in the organic compounds produced in these regions due to the complex and varied synthesis and alteration conditions. This invokes
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Hydrothermal alteration and physical and mechanical properties of rocks in a volcanic environment: A review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Maria Luísa Pereira, Vittorio Zanon, Isabel Fernandes, Lucia Pappalardo, Fátima Viveiros
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On the prediction of the characteristics of sand ripples at the bottom of sea waves Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Giovanna Vittori, Paolo Blondeaux
In this review paper, the main geometrical characteristics of sea ripples (the smallest morphological patterns that are observed at the bottom of sea waves) are reviewed together with the physical mechanisms that give rise to their appearance and control their time development. Moreover, we provide a summary of both the mathematical tools (stability analyses) and empirical formulae that can be used
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Neoarchean lavas of the Ventersdorp Large Igneous Province, South Africa: Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic and trace element evidence for a long-lived plume beneath a stationary African continent Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Khulekani B. Khumalo, Lewis D. Ashwal, Ben Hayes, Linda M. Iaccheri, P. Gerhard Meintjes, Susan J. Webb
We review the properties of the Neoarchean Ventersdorp Supergroup and provide new trace element concentrations and the first combined Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions for the mafic magmatic products. These sequences contain the remnants of some of the world's oldest Large Igneous Provinces (total preserved volume = 0.659 × 10 km). Ventersdorp rocks have been divided into three major units, separated
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A guide to recognising slow-moving subaqueous landslides in seismic and bathymetry datasets Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 B. Couvin, A. Georgiopoulou, L.A. Amy
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Magmatic-volcanic clusters and subclusters in Venus: Tectonic implications Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Edgardo Cañón-Tapia
The Surface of Venus is covered with thousands of small (< 20 km in diameter) and large volcanoes (> 100 km in diameter) as well as other structures of magmatic or tectonic origin. Based on a recent catalogue of volcanic centers of Venus, the spatial distribution of volcanic edifices is examined, as well as their relationship with magmatic and tectonic structures. The results indicate that the areas
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Marginal snowpacks: The basis for a global definition and existing research needs Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 J.I. López-Moreno, N. Callow, H. McGowan, R. Webb, A. Schwartz, S. Bilish, J. Revuelto, S. Gascoin, C. Deschamps-Berger, E. Alonso-González
A marginal snowpack is a recent concept that refers to snow cover that is relatively shallow and transient but still has important environmental and socioeconomic functions. This class of snow cover influences environments over large areas of the world and is very common in the Mediterranean climates, but also in the transition zone between persistent seasonal and ephemeral snowpacks all over the world
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Lower Palaeozoic-Paleogene geological development of a deep-water rift (Güzelsu Corridor) along the northern continental margin of the Southern Neotethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region: Evidence from the Antalya Complex and the adjacent Tauride Carbonate Platform Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Alastair H.F. Robertson, Osman Parlak, Kemal Taslı, Cemile Solak, Paulian Dumitrica, Taniel Danelian
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Early plate tectonics and evolution of continental crust in the North China craton: Editorial preface Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Guochun Zhao, Xianhua Li, Peng Peng, Junpeng Wang
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Early Cretaceous evolution of the McMurray Formation: A review toward a better understanding of the paleo-depositional system Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yang Peng, Paul R. Durkin, Harrison K. Martin, Dale A. Leckie, Sean C. Horner, Stephen M. Hubbard
The Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin has been the subject of numerous studies, with emphasis on its stratigraphic framework and sedimentological models. However, due to the stratigraphic complexity of the paleo-depositional system, which comprises fluvial and marginal-marine strata, it remains a challenging area of research. There is ongoing debate surrounding
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An oxygen isotope perspective on the break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Hao Zou, Chang-Cheng Huang, Hua-Wen Cao, Chun-Mei Liu, Hui-Dong Yu, Franco Pirajno, Xian-Hua Li
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Crustal modification influenced by multiple convergent systems: Insights from Mesozoic magmatism in northeastern China Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 He Huang, Tao Wang, Lei Guo, Ying Tong, Zhen-Yu He, Jiyuan Yin, Huan-Huan Wu
Convergent continental margins are the major sites for the formation, differentiation, preservation, and destruction of continental crust. This article focuses on the Mesozoic crustal modification history of northeastern China from a magmatic perspective. During Mesozoic times, NE China was influenced by three convergent systems, namely the Paleo-Asian Ocean (PAO) regime to the south, the Mongol-Okhotsk
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Fossil resins – A chemotaxonomical overview Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 J. Pańczak, P. Kosakowski, P. Drzewicz, A. Zakrzewski
Fossil resins, also known under the name “ambers”, are formed from exudates of gymnosperm and angiosperm trees in Earth's sedimentary rocks. Up to day, more than 167 fossil resin occurrences and major deposits have been reported in literature. The scientists are mainly focused on fossiliferous ambers, which contain numerous fossil inclusions. However, the geochemical studies, especially those that
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Catchment characterization: Current descriptors, knowledge gaps and future opportunities Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Larisa Tarasova, Sebastian Gnann, Soohyun Yang, Andreas Hartmann, Thorsten Wagener
The ability to characterize hydrologically relevant differences between places is at the core of our science. A common way to quantitatively characterize hydrological catchments is through the use of descriptors that summarize relevant physical aspects of the system, typically by aggregating heterogeneous geospatial information into a single number. Such descriptors capture various facets of catchment
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Unlocking the potential of soil microbes for sustainable desertification management Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Waqar Islam, Fanjiang Zeng, Modhi O. Alotaibi, Khalid Ali Khan
Desertification, the process of land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, poses significant environmental, social, and economic challenges worldwide. As desertification continues to threaten ecosystems and livelihoods, innovative strategies for its management are urgently needed. The article begins by elucidating the causes and consequences of desertification, emphasizing its complex
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Geophysical logs as proxies for cyclostratigraphy: Sensitivity evaluation, proxy selection, and paleoclimatic interpretation Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Cheng Peng, Changchun Zou, Shuxia Zhang, Jiangbo Shu, Chengshan Wang
Correct selection and interpretation of proxies are key to cyclostratigraphic research; however, the uncritical use of geophysical logs as proxies for cyclostratigraphy could be widespread. In most studies, paleoclimate changes are directly interpreted based on the spectra of single geophysical log curves, with little attention being paid to the sensitivity of geophysical logs to the paleoclimate.
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Development of a database of historical liquefaction occurrences in the Philippines Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Daniel Jose L. Buhay, Crystel Jade M. Legaspi, Ronniel Paolo A. Dizon, Maria Isabel T. Abigania, Kathleen L. Papiona, Maria Leonila P. Bautista
Liquefaction is one of the earthquake-related hazards commonly experienced during earthquake occurrences in the Philippines. A database of liquefaction occurrences in the Philippines was developed through the analysis of historical documents, reports, catalogs, newspaper articles, and eyewitness interviews. A total of 808 liquefaction accounts were analyzed—798 of which were induced by 110 earthquakes
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Experimental measurements and characterization models of caprock breakthrough pressure for CO2 geological storage Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Bowen Chen, Qi Li, Yongsheng Tan, Tao Yu, Xiaying Li, Xiaochun Li
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Multi-phase heat transfer in porous and fractured rock Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Thomas Heinze
Various geoscientific processes in the shallow subsurface experience a temperature difference between the solid and the liquid or gaseous phase. Prominent examples include the injection of cold water into a hot host rock, the fast intrusion of supercritical CO2 from the mantle into shallower regions, or the rainwater infiltration into partially frozen soil. In such an absence of local thermal equilibrium
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Stromatoporoids and extinctions: A review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Stephen Kershaw, Juwan Jeon
Stromatoporoids are common shallow marine hypercalcified sponges in two major episodes with distinctive skeletal architectures: 1) Palaeozoic: Ordovician to Late Devonian; and 2) Mesozoic: Late Triassic to Cretaceous and rare Cenozoic, but not confirmed in Permian and earlier Triassic strata. Stromatoporoids appeared in Early to Middle Ordovician strata, important in buildups from late Middle Ordovician
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Focus on the nonlinear infiltration process in deep vadose zone Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Yujiang He, Yanyan Wang, Ying Liu, Borui Peng, Guiling Wang
The vadose zone serves as a crucial link for the mutual transformation of atmospheric, surface, ecological, and groundwater systems. Infiltration recharge in the vadose zone is a key step in the Earth's water cycle and plays an extremely important role in the sustainable development of groundwater resources, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. However, under the influence of extreme climatic
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The Drake Passage asthenospheric and oceanic gateway Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Yasmina M. Martos, Manuel Catalán
Through Earth's history, the evolution of both mantle and oceanic gateways entails a series of processes that culminate in global changes. This synthesis article focuses on the linkages among mantle, crustal, oceanographic and global change processes that are involved in the evolution of a gateway. These processes include the upper mantle dynamics, the thermal structure of the lithosphere, tectonic
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Scale issues in runoff and sediment delivery (SIRSD): A systematic review and bibliometric analysis Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Qihua Ke, Keli Zhang
Water erosion, a notorious major threat to food security and ecosystem sustainability, is strongly conditioned by spatial and temporal scale effects. This paper systematically reviews the scale issues in runoff and sediment delivery (SIRSD) as a research field by integrating the traditional review approach and bibliometric analysis. This review summarises SIRSD's roots and the scale effect on runoff
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Salinization mechanism of lakes and controls on organic matter enrichment: From present to deep-time records Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Chao Liang, Bo Yang, Yingchang Cao, Keyu Liu, Jing Wu, Fang Hao, Yu Han, Wanlu Han
Saline lakes have developed worldwide throughout geological history and continue to develop, is important for understanding deep-time climate evolution, lake evolution and extinction, terrestrial ecosystem evolution, and organic carbon burial processes. The basic conditions required for the formation of saline lakes are a sufficient source of salt, an arid or semi-arid climate, and a closed or semi-closed
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Marine chemical structure during the Cambrian explosion Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Wenyao Xiao, Jian Cao, Xiaomei Wang, Di Xiao, Chunhua Shi, Shuichang Zhang
The Early Cambrian Late Stage 2 to Stage 3 (ca. 526–514 Ma) was characterized by the peak of the Cambrian Explosion and a large-scale global transgression that resulted in the deposition of organic-rich black shales, which have important implications for Earth-system science and petroleum/economic geology. However, there are many uncertainties regarding the spatiotemporal evolution of structural model
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Tracing the source areas of detrital zircon and K-feldspar in the Yellow River Basin Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Xu Lin, Qinmian Xu, Milo Barham, Jing Liu-Zeng, Haijin Liu, Maximilian Dröllner, Zhonghai Wu, Zhaoning Li, Chengwei Hu, Xiaokang Chen
Sedimentary provenance studies, which aim to identify the original source of sedimentary material, can offer valuable insights into transportation processes that occur within a given basin. Zircon and K-feldspar are complimentary and commonly used minerals in provenance tracing studies, given their representation of both stable and labile mineral components of different density. However, integration
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Carbon dynamics shift in changing cryosphere and hydrosphere of the Third Pole Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Tanguang Gao, Shichang Kang, Tandong Yao, Yanlong Zhao, Xuexue Shang, Yong Nie, Rensheng Chen, Igor Semiletov, Taigang Zhang, Xi Luo, Da Wei, Yulan Zhang
The Third Pole (TP) is the largest alpine mountains on the Earth. Its cryosphere is shrinking and collapsing and the hydrosphere has subsequently changed under the warming climate in recent decades, potentially affecting the biogeochemical cycle. In particular, the carbon cycle has undergone dramatic changes, primarily because of the alterations between the cryosphere and hydrosphere. Carbon emissions
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Influence of inherited structure on flexural extension in foreland basin systems: Evidence from the northern Arkoma basin and southern Ozark dome, USA Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 B.M. Lutz, M.R. Hudson, T.M. Smith, M. Dechesne, L.R. Spangler, A.E. McCafferty, C.M. Amaral, N.P. Griffis, J.A. Hirtz
Extensional faults are key components of foreland basin systems. They form within the upper crust in response to flexure of the lithosphere and accommodate subsidence within the foredeep and forebulge depozones. Such faults are excellent proxies for orogenic system evolution and control the distribution of natural resources and hazards. However, the spatiotemporal evolution of flexural extension has
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Bayesian back analysis of unsaturated hydraulic parameters for rainfall-induced slope failure: A review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Hao-Qing Yang, Lulu Zhang
Rainfall-induced soil slope failures are among the most frequent and widespread landslides in the world. The infiltration of water plays a critical role in the instability of slopes under rainfall conditions. By employing the physical models, field monitoring data becomes instrumental for the back analysis of soil parameters, providing critical insights into the mechanisms of slope instability. In
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Corrigendum to “Active layer and permafrost thermal regimes in the ice-free areas of Antarctica” [Earth Science Reviews 242C, July 2023, 104458] Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Filip Hrbáček, Marc Oliva, Christel Hansen, Megan Balks, Tanya Ann O’Neill, Miguel Angel de Pablo, Stefano Ponti, Miguel Ramos, Goncalo Vieira, Andrey Abramov, Lucia Kaplan Pastirikova, Mauro Guglielmin, Gabriel Goaynes, Marcio Rocha Francellino, Carlos Schaefer, Denis Lacelle
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The Samail subduction zone dilemma: Geochronology of high-pressure rocks from the Saih Hatat window, Oman, reveals juxtaposition of two subduction zones with contrasting thermal histories Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Uwe Ring, Johannes Glodny, Reuben Hansman, Andreas Scharf, Frank Mattern, Ivan Callegari, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Arne Willner, Yangbaihe Hong
The Samail Ophiolite in the Oman Mountains formed at a Cretaceous subduction zone that was part of a wider Neo-Tethys plate-boundary system. The original configuration and evolution of this plate-boundary system is hidden in a structurally and metamorphically complex nappe stack below the Samail Ophiolite. Previous work provided evidence for high-temperature metamorphism high in the nappe pile (in
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Early Paleoproterozoic TTG gneisses and potassic granitoids in the southern Trans-North China Orogen: Key constraints on the tectonic setting during the tectono-magmatic lull and the initiation of plate tectonics Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Jingyu Wang, Xiaoping Long
Magmatic rocks in the North China Craton (NCC) are crucial to unraveling the tectonic background during the tectono-magmatic lull (TML, 2.45–2.20 Ga) and to constraining the initiation of plate tectonics. In this study, previously published zircon U–Pb–Hf–O data and whole-rock geochemistry are collected from the early Paleoproterozoic felsic intrusive rocks in the southern Trans-North China Orogen
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The Ediacaran palaeo-ocean environment in the northwest margin of South China Craton: Constraints of C–O–Mo isotopic and element geochemistry Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Bohao Dong, Yunpeng Dong, Xiaoping Long, Hong Hua, Jie Li, Bingshuang Zhao, Chao Cheng
The coevolution of the redox environment, productivity and Ediacaran fauna is crucial to understanding the trigger of Early Cambrian explosion of the Chengjiang Biota and Qingjiang Biota in the southwestern and northern margins of the South China Craton, respectively. Multiple element and isotope geochemical proxies are effective indicators for palaeo-ocean environment and productivity. In this study
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Interactions between vegetation and river morphodynamics. Part II: Why is a functional trait framework important? Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Dov Corenblit, Hervé Piégay, Florent Arrignon, Eduardo González-Sargas, Anne Bonis, Dav M. Ebengo, Virginia Garófano-Gómez, Angela M. Gurnell, Annie L. Henry, Borbála Hortobágyi, Francisco Martínez-Capel, Lucas Mazal, Johannes Steiger, Eric Tabacchi, Stephen Tooth, Franck Vautier, Romain Walcker
The structure and function of riparian ecosystems generally result from feedbacks between plant dynamics and fluvial processes and landforms, i.e., river morphodynamics. Taxonomic approaches do not allow to directly identify and quantify the mechanisms involved in the interaction between plant communities and the geomorphological environment. Although riparian ecosystems show enormous taxonomic variations
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Early Cambrian sedimentary rocks in South China: A link between oceanic oxygenation and biological explosion Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Bingshuang Zhao, Xiaoping Long, Chao Chang
Early Cambrian basin in South China has deposited successive sedimentary rocks, which not only recorded geochemical information of the variation of palaeo-ocean environment, but also preserved fossils of most phyla of modern animals, such as the large-body Chengjiang and Qingjiang biotas. Although the relation between gradually oxic Cambrian Ocean and biotic diversity is recognized, the temporal and
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Genesis of Archean to Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations in the North China Craton: Geological and paleoenvironmental implications Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Kang Jiang, Junpeng Wang, Timothy Kusky, Ali Polat, Bo Huang, Lu Wang, Shengli Li, Hao Deng, Yaying Peng
The source characteristics and depositional environments of banded iron formations (BIFs) can provide key information on the chemical composition, redox environment, and tectonic evolution of early Precambrian paleo-oceans. Large quantities of Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic BIFs are exposed in the North China Craton (NCC). This study focuses on petrography, major and trace element geochemistry, zircon
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P-T-t evolution of mantle and associated crustal rocks in collisional orogens: Insight from numerical experiments Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Elena Sizova, Christoph A. Hauzenberger, Harald Fritz, Taras Gerya
During the last decades, the intrinsic association of ultrahigh-pressure crustal rocks with ultrabasic rocks has been recognised in modern and ancient collisional orogens worldwide but their tectonic origins remain intriguing and controversial. In this study, we performed a series of 2D petrological–thermomechanical numerical experiments of continent-continent collision in order to: (i) characterize
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Stratigraphy in space and time: A reproducible approach to analysis and visualization Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Zoltán Sylvester, Kyle M. Straub, Jacob A. Covault
Time-elevation plots and chronostratigraphic diagrams are valuable for understanding and analyzing stratigraphy when time-elevation data, or some approximation of them, are available, for example in flume experiments, numerical models, and three-dimensional seismic reflection surveys. We developed a Python module called , aimed at the reproducible analysis and visualization of stratigraphy, and we
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Grain size from source to sink – modern and ancient fining rates Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Tony Reynolds
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Snowmelt erosion: A review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Zuoli Wu, Haiyan Fang
As a vital freshwater resource for one-sixth of the world's population, snowmelt provides great convenience for residents in terms of livelihood and production, agricultural irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation. However, snowmelt can also have an important impact on the formation of surface runoff and the process of soil erosion. In contrast to glacier melt, snowmelt erosion has received
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Severe droughts in North Africa: A review of drivers, impacts and management Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 M. Tanarhte, A.J. De Vries, G. Zittis, T. Chfadi
In the last 50 years, various parts of North Africa (NAF) have suffered devastating droughts, associated with high socio-economic impacts. This arid to semi-arid region is one of the most water-scarce areas in the world. In the context of water scarcity, many studies have focused on droughts approaching their impact from different disciplines and perspectives. However, more integrative studies covering
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Origin and early evolution of vertebrate burrowing behaviour Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Lorenzo Marchetti, Mark J. MacDougall, Michael Buchwitz, Aurore Canoville, Max Herde, Christian F. Kammerer, Jörg Fröbisch
The ability to live underground is widespread among continental vertebrates, so understanding the origin and early evolution of fossorial vertebrates and the architecture and function of the burrows they excavate is an important component of the history of Life on Earth. However, this topic has not been addressed in a synoptic manner; available information is scattered, hampering our understanding
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Granites and Granophyres of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: A review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 12.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Ole Skursch, Christian Tegner, Gry H. Barfod, Rasmus Andreasen, Charles E. Lesher
A major outstanding question concerning the Bushveld Complex of South Africa is the genetic relationship between the granites (Lebowa Granite Suite, LGS) and granophyres (Rashoop Granophyre Suite, RGS), and their relation to the underlying layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion (Rustenburg Layered Suite, RLS). Here, we present new bulk rock major and trace elements, as well as Nd and Hf isotopes for 35