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Cenozoic lithospheric architecture and metallogenesis in Southeastern Tibet Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Bo Xu; Zeng-Qian Hou; William L. Griffin; Yuan-Chuan Zheng; Tao Wang; Zhen Guo; Jue Hou; M. Santosh; Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Ore systems are located in zones of enhanced and focused heat and fluids flux within the lithosphere. In order to target deep ore deposits under cover, a better understanding of lithospheric architecture is essential, especially in relation to magmatism and fluids. Here we attempt an integrated approach using zircon LuHf isotopic mapping (455 samples with 5049 zircon analyses, including 1021 new data)
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The evolution of the westernmost Mediterranean basins Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-27 Laura Gómez de la Peña; César R. Ranero; Eulàlia Gràcia; Guillermo Booth-Rea
Based on more than 4,500 km of new and re-processed multichannel seismic lines, high-resolution seafloor bathymetry, available well data, and basement dredge samples, we have re-evaluated the entire stratigraphy and the tectonic evolution of the Alboran and western Algerian basins. We have correlated the sediment units deposited since the beginning of the formation of the different sub-basins, and
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Fenton chemistry and reactive oxygen species in soil: Abiotic mechanisms of biotic processes, controls and consequences for carbon and nutrient cycling Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-17 Guang-Hui Yu; Yakov Kuzyakov
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A review of the effects of vehicular access roads on peatland ecohydrological processes Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Jessica Williams-Mounsey; Richard Grayson; Alistair Crowle; Joseph Holden
An increasing demand for resources, coupled with technological advances which make remote exploration possible and economically viable, have led to a human push into previously inaccessible areas, including peatlands. In spite of the unsuitable nature of peat as a substrate for engineering projects there has been a growth of vehicular access networks on peatlands. However, there is a lack of understanding
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Linkage of deep lithospheric structures to intraplate earthquakes: A perspective from multi-source and multi-scale geophysical data in the South China Block Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Di Qingyun; Tian Fei; Suo Yanhui; Gao Rui; Li Sanzhong; Fu Changmin; Wang Guangzeng; Li Feng; Tan Yuyang
The relationship between intraplate earthquakes and intraplate deformation is one of the great conundrums faced by plate tectonics theory. In particular, large earthquakes are more common in Eurasia than in other continents around the world. Formed by the Neoproterozoic collision of the Cathaysia Block and the Yangtze Craton along the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt, the South China Block is well known for
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Seismic imaging of Northwest Pacific and East Asia: New insight into volcanism, seismogenesis and geodynamics Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-21 Dapeng Zhao
Recent studies on seismic imaging of the Northwest Pacific and East Asian region are reviewed. High-resolution tomographic images reveal significant lateral heterogeneities in the crust and upper mantle, which shed new light on interplate and intraplate volcanism, earthquake mechanism, and mantle dynamics. Significant recent advances in seismic imaging are tomographic inversions for 3-D distribution
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Numerical modeling of tsunami: advances and future challenges after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Daisuke Sugawara
This paper reviews achievements and findings from studies associated with numerical modeling of tsunami since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and addresses challenges for future advances. The topics cover improvements in tsunami numerical modeling including multi-physics simulations, applications to source modeling, hazard assessment and real-time forecasting and warning. During the last 10 years, tsunami
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Light and low-intensity rainfalls: A review of their classification, occurrence, and importance in landsurface, ecological and environmental processes Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 D.L. Dunkerley
Over many areas, light rainfalls, those delivering small daily amounts (typically, < 10 mm d−1), and low-intensity rainfalls (typically, < 1 mm h−1), contribute a large proportion of raining time and an important proportion of the annual precipitation. However, light rain is understudied relative to heavy and intense rainfalls whose occurrence and effects are more readily seen and that can result in
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The genesis, development, and evolution of original vertical joints in loess Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Li Feng; Maosheng Zhang; Zhao Jin; Shanshan Zhang; Pingping Sun; Tianfeng Gu; Xinbo Liu; Henry Lin; Zhisheng An; Jianbing Peng; Li Guo
Original vertical joints (OVJs), which are highly correlated with loess anisotropy, have been considered a non-tectonic source of extensive erosion, gully development, and landform fragmentation in loess regions such as the Chinese Loess Plateau. The existing literature discussing the origin of OVJs lacks a systematic overview of the current theories related to OVJ genetic mechanisms, development patterns
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Mesozoic intraplate tectonism of East Asia due to flat subduction of a composite Yanshanian slab Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Liang Liu; Lijun Liu; Yi-Gang Xu
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Drought effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in global natural ecosystems Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-30 Lei Deng; Changhui Peng; Dong-Gill Kim; Jiwei Li; Yulin Liu; Xuying Hai; Qiuyu Liu; Chunbo Huang; Zhouping Shangguan; Yakov Kuzyakov
Extreme droughts have serious impacts on the pools, fluxes and processes of terrestrial carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. A deep understanding is necessary to explore the impacts of this extreme climate change events. To investigate how soil C and N pools and fluxes respond to drought and explore their mechanisms we conducted a meta-analysis synthesizing the responses of soil C and N cycles to droughts
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Porphyry copper and skarn fertility of the northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau collisional granitoids Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-16 Shihua Zhong; Sanzhong Li; Chengyou Feng; Yongjiang Liu; M. Santosh; Shuyue He; Hongying Qu; Guoyan Liu; Reimar Seltmann; Zhiqing Lai; Xiaohong Wang; Yingxin Song; Jie Zhou
The recent discovery of numerous large porphyry Cu deposits in the southern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau shows that porphyry Cu deposits can be hosted in magmatic suites in collisional settings. However, in contrast, only a few small porphyry Cu deposits have so far been discovered in association with collision-related granitoids in the northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This raises questions about the origin
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Subduction of oceanic lithosphere in the Alps: Selective and archetypal from (slow-spreading) oceans Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-16 P. Agard
The Alps are amongst the best subduction archives in the world, with abundant blueschists and eclogites preserving fragments of mantle, gabbros, thinned continental margin and pelagic sediments partly within their pre-collisional architecture. But to what extent is the Alpine record representative of the subduction of oceanic lithosphere worldwide? What is its significance, merits and limits for understanding
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Global marine redox evolution from the late Neoproterozoic to the early Paleozoic constrained by the integration of Mo and U isotope records Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-09 Guang-Yi Wei; Noah J. Planavsky; Tianchen He; Feifei Zhang; Richard G. Stockey; Devon B. Cole; Yi-Bo Lin; Hong-Fei Ling
The emergence and diversification of early animals is commonly thought to have coincided with atmosphere and ocean oxygenation across the terminal Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic, during which oxygen levels on Earth’s surface were sufficient to support the metabolism of early multicellular metazoans in the ocean. Although surface oxygen levels are likely to have broadly risen through the Paleozoic
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Variability in the three-dimensional geometry of segmented normal fault surfaces Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-14 Vincent Roche; Giovanni Camanni; Conrad Childs; Tom Manzocchi; John Walsh; John Conneally; Muhammad Mudasar Saqab; Efstratios Delogkos
Normal faults are often complex three-dimensional structures comprising multiple sub-parallel segments separated by intact or breached relay zones. Relay zones are classified according to whether they step in the strike or dip direction and whether the relay zone-bounding fault segments are unconnected in 3D or bifurcate from a single surface. Complex fault surface geometry is described in terms of
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Structural and kinematic analysis of Cenozoic rift basins in South China Sea: A synthesis Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Pengcheng Wang; Sanzhong Li; Yanhui Suo; Lingli Guo; M. Santosh; Xiyao Li; Guangzeng Wang; Zhaoxia Jiang; Bo Liu; Jie Zhou; Suhua Jiang; Xianzhi Cao; Ze Liu
The East Asian continental margin straddles the boundary between the Pacific Plate subduction Domain to the east and the Indo-Eurasian collision Domain to the west. The spatial and temporal interaction between these two dynamic domains induced dextral trans-tensional stress field, which resulted in generating nearly 75% of the globe's marginal seas and continental margin rifts during the Cenozoic.
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Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: The earth’s changing climate during the last 540 million years Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Christopher R. Scotese; Haijun Song; Benjamin J.W. Mills; Douwe G. van der Meer
This study provides a comprehensive and quantitative estimate of how global temperatures have changed during the last 540 million years. It combines paleotemperature measurements determined from oxygen isotopes with broader insights obtained from the changing distribution of lithologic indicators of climate, such as coals, evaporites, calcretes, reefs, and bauxite deposits. The waxing and waning of
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Fluids associated with carbonatitic magmatism: A critical review and implications for carbonatite magma ascent Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-09 Benjamin F. Walter; R. Johannes Giebel; Matthew Steele-MacInnis; Michael A.W. Marks; Jochen Kolb; Gregor Markl
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Towards interactive global paleogeographic maps, new reconstructions at 60, 40 and 20 Ma Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-08 F. Poblete; G. Dupont-Nivet; A. Licht; D.J.J. Van Hinsbergen; P. Roperch; M.G. Mihalynuk; S.T. Johnston; F. Guillocheau; G. Baby; F. Fluteau; C. Robin; T.J.M. Van Der Linden; D. Ruiz; M.L.J. Baatsen
Paleogeographic maps are essential tools for understanding Earth system dynamics. They provide boundary conditions for climate and geodynamic modelling, for analysing surface processes and biotic interactions. However, the temporal and spatial distribution of key features such as seaways and mountain belts that govern climate changes and biotic interchange differ between various paleogeographies that
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Increasing cryospheric hazards in a warming climate Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Yongjian Ding; Cuicui Mu; Tonghua Wu; Guojie Hu; Defu Zou; Dong Wang; Wangping Li; Xiaodong Wu
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Carbonate-hosted clay minerals: A critical re-evaluation of extraction methods and their possible bias on palaheoenvironmental information Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 R. Coimbra; F. Rocha; A. Immenhauser; Federico Olóriz; D. Terroso; M. Horikx
The qualitative and quantitative investigation of non-carbonate minerals—such as clay minerals—in ancient limestones and dolostones is a widely applied tool in palaeoenvironmental analysis. In order to exploit clay minerals as palaeoenvironmental proxies, these must be extracted from their host carbonate prior to analysis. Over the last decades, efforts to optimize experimental procedures for the extraction
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From flushing flows to (eco)morphogenic releases: evolving terminology, practice, and integration into river management Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2021-01-02 Rémi Loire; Hervé Piégay; Jean-René Malavoi; G. Mathias Kondolf; Leah A. Bêche
Flushing flows are deliberate high-flow releases designed to mimic effects of floods in removing fine sediment from downstream aquatic habitats. A special case of environmental flows, flushing flows are intended to act on geomorphic processes to mitigate ecological effects of dams. We review definitions advanced for these flows, and then propose a new term, morphogenic releases, for high flows designed
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Coupling of paleoenvironment and biogeochemistry of deep-time alkaline lakes: A lipid biomarker perspective Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-27 Liuwen Xia; Jian Cao; Wenxuan Hu; Dongming Zhi; Yong Tang; Erting Li; Wenjun He
Studies of alkaline lakes have critical biological–environmental–economic properties, but deep-time alkaline lakes are challenging to investigate. Lipid biomarkers can provide valuable insights into such lakes and their biogeochemical significance. This paper reviews and compares typical examples of ancient alkaline lakes across the world. Lipid biomarker evidences, including C30-steranes, Pr/Ph, Pr/n-C17-Ph/n-C18
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Determining dominating control mechanisms of inland water carbon cycling processes and associated gross primary productivity on regional and global scales Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-25 Yang Gao; Junjie Jia; Yao Lu; Tiantian Yang; Sidan Lyu; Kun Shi; Feng Zhou; Guirui Yu
Inland water carbon (C) sequestration rates play a potentially important role in the balance between C supplies from the atmosphere and associated watersheds and the net demand of primary producers. This study conducts a comprehensive analysis of influencing factors associated with inland water C cycling processes as well as their C sequestration potential and gross primary productivity (GPP). Additionally
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Loess landscapes of Europe – Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-28 F. Lehmkuhl; J.J. Nett; S. Pötter; P. Schulte; T. Sprafke; Z. Jary; P. Antoine; L. Wacha; D. Wolf; A. Zerboni; J. Hošek; S.B. Marković; I. Obreht; P. Sümegi; D. Veres; C. Zeeden; B. Boemke; V. Schaubert; U. Hambach
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions on a (supra-)regional scale have gained attention in Quaternary sciences during the last decades. In terrestrial realms, loess deposits and especially intercalations of loess and buried soils, so called loess-paleosol sequences (LPS) are important archives to unravel the terrestrial response to e.g. climatic fluctuations and reconstruct paleoenvironments during the
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Tectonosedimentary evolution of the Coastal Cordillera and Central Depression of south-Central Chile (36°30′-42°S) Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-09 A. Encinas; L. Sagripanti; M.P. Rodríguez; D. Orts; A. Anavalón; P. Giroux; J. Otero; A. Echaurren; P. Zambrano; V. Valencia
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Review of assimilating GRACE terrestrial water storage data into hydrological models: Advances, challenges and opportunities Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-25 Samira Sadat Soltani; Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani; Craig T. Simmons
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Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the neoproterozoic and the phanerozoic Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-24 Andrew S. Merdith; Simon E. Williams; Alan S. Collins; Michael G. Tetley; Jacob A. Mulder; Morgan L. Blades; Alexander Young; Sheree E. Armistead; John Cannon; Sabin Zahirovic; R. Dietmar Müller
Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of tectonic plates and plate boundaries. A particular problem for the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian is that many existing interpretations of geological and palaeomagnetic data have remained disconnected from younger, better-constrained
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Mapping paleocoastlines and continental flooding during the Phanerozoic Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Ádám T. Kocsis; Christopher R. Scotese
Sea levels shape the face of the Earth, define processes of sedimentation, and influence the evolution of life via the distribution of habitats. Ancient topographies can be reconstructed using the history and understanding of tectonic processes, lithological evidence, and present-day topographies. Paleogeographic reconstructions must accommodate ever newer sources of geological data, so we can refine
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Integrated detrital rutile and zircon provenance reveals multiple sources for Cambrian sandstones in North Gondwana Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Yousef Zoleikhaei; Jacob A. Mulder; Peter A. Cawood
Early Paleozoic sandstones deposited along the northern margin of Gondwana are commonly interpreted to represent a vast, well-mixed, and far-travelled blanket of sand sourced from Neoproterozoic orogenic belts in the interior of the landmass. However, the broadly similar timing of magmatism recorded in the interior orogens of Gondwana has hindered previous attempts to identify specific sediment source
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Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: Contrasted effect of temperature on its OH–F substitution Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-11 Mohamed Soufi
In highly evolved F-rich felsic igneous rocks, topaz Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 forms in different genetic stages: orthomagmatic, pegmatitic, transitional magmatic-hydrothermal, and hydrothermal. The present study, considers some of the problems involved in deciphering the origin of OH–F variations in topaz. We conclude that topaz compositions in magmatic and post-magmatic hydrothermal stages range from pure fluor-topaz
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Synthesis of a chrono- and biostratigraphical framework for the Lower Cretaceous of Jiuquan, NW China: Implications for major evolutionary events Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-14 Daran Zheng; He Wang; Sha Li; Bo Wang; Edmund A. Jarzembowski; Chong Dong; Yanan Fang; Xiao Teng; Tingting Yu; Lichao Yang; Yuling Li; Xiangdong Zhao; Naihua Xue; Su-Chin Chang; Haichun Zhang
With a depositional history spanning the early Aptian to early Albian (~19 mys), the Lower Cretaceous Xinminpu Group in Jiuquan, NW China provides detailed record of an inland ecosystem responding to global climatic and environmental changes. The Xinminpu Group exhibits the most typical elements of the Jehol Biota found outside NE China, a highly diverse avifauna and a mid-Cretaceous angiosperm flora
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Magmatic perspective on subduction of Paleo-Pacific plate and initiation of big mantle wedge in East Asia Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Qiang Ma; Yi-Gang Xu
Eastern China provides a precious opportunity to explore how subduction drives evolution of the overlying continental lithosphere and to understand the fate of subducted plates. In this study, a synthesis of geochronological, whole-rock geochemical and zircon Hf isotopic data is used to examine temporal and spatial variations in distribution, composition and generation of Mesozoic magmas in the northern
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Ants as geomorphological agents: A global assessment Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-10 Heather A. Viles; Andrew S. Goudie; Alice M. Goudie
Ants are abundant in most of the world's terrestrial environments. They are energetic, strong for their size, numerous, and socially cooperative. They play many geomorphologically important roles. In particular, they construct mounds and subterranean galleries, create patterned ground, play a role in bioturbation, affect vegetation cover and soil properties (such as infiltration rate) and influence
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Arclogites and their role in continental evolution; part 2: Relationship to batholiths and volcanoes, density and foundering, remelting and long-term storage in the mantle Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-17 Mihai N. Ducea; Alan D. Chapman; Emilie Bowman; Constantin Balica
Arclogites are eclogite-like rocks formed magmatically as ultramafic residues and cumulates in the roots of thick arcs (Ducea et al., 2020a, Ducea et al., 2020b companion paper). They are inferred to be volumetrically important assemblages to complement subduction-related magmatic rocks at depth, in areas where the upper plate crust is thick. At the surface and in the shallow crust, these arcs form
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Tectonic evolution of the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-10 Shugen Liu; Yu Yang; Bin Deng; Yong Zhong; Long Wen; Wei Sun; Zhiwu Li; Luba Jansa; Jinxi Li; Jinmin Song; Xihua Zhang; Hanling Peng
Surface deformation in continental interiors is typically coupled to processes at depth. However, in the Sichuan basin, east of the Tibetan Plateau, recent seismic data detect Neoproterozoic subduction and rifts, indicating long-term tectonic quiescence of the basement. The Sichuan basin is characterized by two episodes of weak extension and compression which influenced the architecture of the marine
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Insights into soft-part preservation from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Farid Saleh; Romain Vaucher; Jonathan B. Antcliffe; Allison C. Daley; Khadija El Hariri; Khaoula Kouraiss; Bertrand Lefebvre; Emmanuel L.O. Martin; Jean-Philippe Perrillat; Pierre Sansjofre; Muriel Vidal; Bernard Pittet
The Fezouata Biota in Morocco is the only Lower Ordovician Lagerstätte yielding a biologically diverse assemblage in a fully marine environment, whilst also containing organisms typical of Cambrian Burgess Shale-type (BST) ecosystems. Fossils from the Fezouata Shale share the same mode of preservation as Cambrian BST biotas defined by carbonaceous compressions and accessory authigenic mineralization
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Sulphate in freshwater ecosystems: A review of sources, biogeochemical cycles, ecotoxicological effects and bioremediation Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-22 Dominik Zak; Michael Hupfer; Alvaro Cabezas; Gerald Jurasinski; Joachim Audet; Andreas Kleeberg; Robert McInnes; Søren Munch Kristiansen; Rasmus Jes Petersen; Haojie Liu; Tobias Goldhammer
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The trace fossil record of the Nama Group, Namibia: Exploring the terminal Ediacaran roots of the Cambrian explosion Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-10 Simon A.F. Darroch; Alison T. Cribb; Luis A. Buatois; Gerard J.B. Germs; Charlotte G. Kenchington; Emily F. Smith; Helke Mocke; Gretchen R. O’Neil; James D. Schiffbauer; Katie M. Maloney; Rachel A. Racicot; Katherine A. Turk; Brandt M. Gibson; John Almond; Bryce Koester; Tom H. Boag; Sarah M. Tweedt; Marc Laflamme
The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition marks one of the most important geobiological revolutions in Earth History, including multiple waves of evolutionary radiation and successive episodes of apparent mass extinction. Among the proposed drivers of these events (in particular the extinction of the latest Neoproterozoic ‘Ediacara biota’) is the emergence of complex metazoans and their associated behaviors
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Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution and dynamics of the Songliao Basin, NE Asia: Implications for the closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean and Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean and subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Ocean Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-10 Zhong-Quan Li; Jun-Liang Chen; Hao Zou; Cheng-Shan Wang; Qi-An Meng; Heng-Lin Liu; Shi-Ze Wang
The Songliao Basin in northeast China in the eastern part of the Central Asia Orogenic Belt is the largest accretionary orogen belt in the world. However, to date, previous studies have not extensively examined the dynamic mechanism of its formation and evolution, especially the pre-Cretaceous. In this study, the Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonic style, stratigraphic records, sedimentary time, magmatic activity
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Redox changes in the outer Yangtze Sea (South China) through the Hirnantian Glaciation and their implications for the end-Ordovician biocrisis Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Na Li; Chao Li; Thomas J. Algeo; Meng Cheng; Chengsheng Jin; Guangyou Zhu; Junxuan Fan; Zongyuan Sun
Two pulses of faunal mortality occurred during the Late Ordovician mass extinction (ca. 445 Ma). This biocrisis is recorded in Hirnantian strata of South China as a stepwise extinction of graptolites in both the hydrologically semi-restricted inner and open outer Yangtze Sea. Although expanded marine euxinia is widely regarded as the main cause of the biocrisis, the spatial-temporal pattern and driving
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Landscape changes and their hydrologic effects: Interactions and feedbacks across scales Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-08 C.M. Stephens; U. Lall; F.M. Johnson; L.A. Marshall
Human activities have extensively altered landscapes throughout the world and further changes are expected in the future. Anthropogenic impacts such as land use change, groundwater extraction and dam construction, along with the effects of climate change, interact with natural factors including soil weathering and erosion. Together, these processes create a constantly shifting, dynamic terrestrial
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Magmatic responses to Cretaceous subduction and tearing of the paleo-Pacific Plate in SE China: An overview Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Feng Guo; Yangming Wu; Bo Zhang; Xiaobing Zhang; Liang Zhao; Jie Liao
Both Cretaceous arc-type and intraplate rocks are widely distributed in SE China, in association with subduction of the paleo-Pacific Plate. However, it remains unclear whether there exists a genetic link between the intraplate and subduction-related magmatism. Here we conduct a comprehensive geochemical data compilation, sorting and processing of the Cretaceous mafic igneous rocks from SE China, in
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Use of rock tablet method to measure rock weathering and landscape denudation Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Kristina Krklec; David Domínguez-Villar; Dražen Perica
Rock weathering is a key component of the rock cycle that transforms rocks in sediments, soils and/or dissolves minerals to ions, and plays an important role in landforms development and landscape evolution. The quantification of weathering is often challenging due to the impact of measuring techniques on the rock itself and/or the assumptions required to perform the calculations. Among different methods
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A review on onshore tsunami deposits along the Atlantic coasts Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Pedro J.M. Costa; Sue Dawson; Ricardo S. Ramalho; Max Engel; Francisco Dourado; Ivana Bosnic; César Andrade
This paper reviews the evidence for onshore sedimentary imprints of tsunami inundation known from the geological record of the Atlantic basin. The central aim of the paper is to offer a broad overview on the main deposits and key localities that have been documented along the Atlantic coastlines, and which attest to the local or regional impact of tsunamis during historical, pre-historical and recent
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Freshwater (paleo)tsunamis – a review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Katrina Kremer; Flavio S. Anselmetti; Frederic M. Evers; James Goff; Valentin Nigg
In freshwater systems (rivers and lakes), historical and recent tsunamis have been documented and their traces have been found in the geological record, but studies of paleotsunamis (prehistorical tsunamis) in such environments are still underrepresented. This contribution reviews paleotsunami studies with a focus on the post −2011 period and uses historical events to highlight some areas of research
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Neoproterozoic postglacial paleoenvironment and hydrocarbon potential: A review and new insights from the Doushantuo Formation Sichuan Basin, China Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-28 Di Xiao; Jian Cao; Bing Luo; Xiucheng Tan; Wenyao Xiao; Yuan He; Kunyu Li
The Neoproterozoic provides an important record of glacial–postglacial paleoenvironments, organic carbon cycling, and hydrocarbon accumulation. Here, to better understand the environmental, sedimentary, and petroleum geological potential of the Neoproterozoic, we summarize and review research on paleoenvironment and hydrocarbon prospectivity during the era for regions worldwide and also present a case
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Permian–Triassic non-marine algae of Gondwana—Distributions, natural affinities and ecological implications Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Chris Mays; Vivi Vajda; Stephen McLoughlin
The abundance, diversity and extinction of non-marine algae are controlled by changes in the physical and chemical environment and community structure of continental ecosystems. We review a range of non-marine algae commonly found within the Permian and Triassic strata of Gondwana and highlight and discuss the non-marine algal abundance anomalies recorded in the immediate aftermath of the end-Permian
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Tortuosity of porous media: Image analysis and physical simulation Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-27 Jinlong Fu; Hywel R. Thomas; Chenfeng Li
Tortuosity is widely used as a critical parameter to predict transport properties of porous media, such as rocks and soils. But unlike other standard microstructural properties, the concept of tortuosity is vague with multiple definitions and various evaluation methods introduced in different contexts. Hydraulic, electrical, diffusional, and thermal tortuosities are defined to describe different transport
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Understanding interactions among climate, water, and vegetation with the Budyko framework Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Guojing Gan; Yuanbo Liu; Ge Sun
The Budyko models provide a transparent framework for analyzing climate-catchment interactions and therefore have been widely used to quantify the role of vegetation influencing the partitioning of precipitation (P) into evapotranspiration (ET) and runoff (R) at watershed to regional scales under a changing environment. This study provides a thorough review of the use of Budyko models for answering
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Tracing volcanic emissions from the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province in the sedimentary record Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Sofie Lindström; Sara Callegaro; Joshua Davies; Christian Tegner; Bas van de Schootbrugge; Gunver K. Pedersen; Nasrrddine Youbi; Hamed Sanei; Andrea Marzoli
The end-Triassic mass extinction (ETME) is thought to have been caused by voluminous, pulsed volcanic activity of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP). Over the last decades, various geochemical signals and proxy records, including δ13C, pCO2, iridium and other platinum-group elements, mercury, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), charcoal and SO2, have been directly or indirectly attributed
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Ten years after the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami: Geological and environmental effects and implications for disaster policy changes Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-10-23 Kazuhisa Goto; Takashi Ishizawa; Yuichi Ebina; Fumihiko Imamura; Shosuke Sato; Keiko Udo
Although the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami were devastating to coastal environments, many of their effects have not lasted: over several years they have generally recovered naturally and artificially. Some environments have not fully recovered or have become stable with some different status. By contrast to the short-lasting tsunami impact, long-lasting crustal movement and reconstruction
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Role of Indian Summer Monsoon and Westerlies on glacier variability in the Himalaya and East Africa during Late Quaternary: Review and new data Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-03 Om Kumar; AL. Ramanathan; Jostein Bakke; B.S. Kotlia; J.P. Shrivastava; Pankaj Kumar; Rajveer Sharma; Pramod Kumar
This paper presents a review of Late Quaternary climatic changes and glacier variability in the Himalaya and East Africa, focusing on the role of Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM), East African monsoon, and Westerlies monsoons. Multi-proxy studies which are based on five different archives (lakes, peat bogs, speleothems, marine sediments, and ice cores) including sixty-six records from India and nearby regions
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Holocene climatic optimum in the East Asian monsoon region of China defined by climatic stability Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Zhiping Zhang; Jianbao Liu; Jie Chen; Shengqian Chen; Zhongwei Shen; Jie Chen; Xiaokang Liu; Duo Wu; Yongwei Sheng; Fahu Chen
It is unclear whether the Holocene climatic optimum (HCO) occurred synchronously throughout the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) region, and if it did, whether it occurred in the early Holocene (EH, 11.7–8.0 ka, ka = 1000 years before present, where the “present” is defined as the year CE 1950), or in the middle Holocene (MH, 8.0–4.0 ka). This is because the definition of the HCO in previous paleoclimatic
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The Getxo crustal-scale cross-section: Testing tectonic models in the Bay of Biscay-Pyrenean rift system Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-05 A. Pedrera; J. García-Senz; C. Peropadre; A. Robador; B. López-Mir; J. Díaz-Alvarado; L.R. Rodríguez-Fernández
The Bay of Biscay-Pyrenean rift system is a world-class example of an inverted hyperextended rift. However, tectonic questions such as the linkage of the extensional system, the magnitude of crustal extension, the interpretation of the syn-rift sequences and the amount of shortening during tectonic inversion remain controversial. This paper presents a sequentially restored crustal-scale transect across
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A meta-analysis of the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion: The SPICEraq database Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Mikaela A. Pulsipher; James D. Schiffbauer; Matthew J. Jeffrey; John Warren Huntley; David A. Fike; Kevin L. Shelton
The Steptoean Positive Isotopic Carbon Excursion (SPICE) is a prominent chemostratigraphic feature in the Lower Paleozoic. It has been used to correlate Upper Cambrian carbonate strata globally, and is cited as intimately linked to the Crepicephalus-Aphelaspis trilobite extinction event and the Sauk II-Sauk III megasequence transition. Despite the global nature of the SPICE event, regional/local conditions
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Conjugate volcanic passive margins in the austral segment of the South Atlantic – Architecture and development Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-30 François Chauvet; François Sapin; Laurent Geoffroy; Jean-Claude Ringenbach; Jean-Noël Ferry
The thorough interpretation of the South Atlantic long offset seismic lines provides a new view of the magmatic and crustal architecture and of the evolution of the conjugate volcanic passive margins (VPM) along the austral segment of the South Atlantic Ocean. In this study, we make the synthesis of previously published and unpublished seismic profiles that are reinterpreted consistently, and, for
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Uppermantle shear-wave splitting measurements in Mainland China: A review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Tao Zhu; Xiaoxi Ma
Seismic anisotropy, as a ubiquitous feature in the Earth’s interior, could record the past lithospheric deformation and map directly mantle flow within our planet, and thus becomes a bridge to understand the interaction between the crust and subcrustal mantle or between different tectonic blocks. Plenty of high quality shear-wave splitting (SWS) measurements have been performed in Mainland China. In
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Tunguska сoals, Siberian sills and the Permian-Triassic extinction Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-24 V.I. Davydov
The latest Permian-Triassic volcanism that created the Siberian traps, including the products of the explosion and interaction of the magmas with regional volcanic and sedimentary rocks, is now considered to be the main driving forces of the end-Permian mass extinction - the greatest global extinction in the Earth history. As proposed, the trap magmatism induced metamorphism of the sedimentary succession
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Half a century after the first bootprint on the lunar surface: The ichnological side of the Moon Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 9.724) Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Ignacio Díaz-Martínez; Carlos Cónsole-Gonella; Paolo Citton; Silvina de Valais
Humankind began with extra-planetary expeditions in the 1960s. To date, more than fifty manned and unmanned lunar missions have taken place. Maybe, the most iconic image of these campaigns is the bootprint left and photographed by the astronaut Edwin Aldrin. Nevertheless, there is also other evidence of human activities on the Moon, such as rover trails, drill holes, vehicles, and rubbish. For some
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