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Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics of Mongolia and its climate effects: A synthesized review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-24 Ulambadrakh Khukhuudei, Timothy Kusky, Brian F. Windley, Orolzodmaa Otgonbayar, Lu Wang, Jungsheng Nie, Wenjiao Xiao, Lei Zhang, Xiaodong Song
Mongolia, a major world-class site of Cenozoic intracontinental tectonics, provides a key proxy for the long-term dynamics of Eurasia, but there has been considerable debate about the principal driving forces responsible for the intracontinental deformation. Here, we show that the Cenozoic tectonic development of Mongolia and surrounding regions was largely a consequence of the interaction of four
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Enhanced global dust counteracted greenhouse warming during the mid- to late-Holocene Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Shiwei Jiang, Xin Zhou, Jasper F. Kok, Qifan Lin, Yonggang Liu, Tao Zhan, Yanan Shen, Zhibo Li, Xuanqiao Liu, Anze Chen, Luo Wang, Wen Chen, John P. Smol, Zhengtang Guo
Known as the “Holocene temperature conundrum,” controversy remains between paleoclimate reconstructions indicating cooling during the late-Holocene versus model simulations indicating warming. Here, we present a composite Holocene winter temperature index record derived from East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) reconstructions. This new temperature index record documents a thermal maximum occurring during
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Early Cenozoic drainage network and paleogeographic evolution within the SE Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding area: Synthetic constraints from onshore-offshore geological dataset Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Yuchi Cui, Lei Shao, Zheng-Xiang Li, Chris Elders, Karl Stattegger, Weilin Zhu, Sanzhong Li, Xixi Zhao, Peijun Qiao, Hao Zhang
The evolution of the major rivers originating from the SE Tibetan Plateau has been a research hotspot due to a close connection between tectonic events, geomorphological shifts and river formation. This study reviews and compiles a large group of provenance analyses including zircon UPb dating and whole-rock geochemistry, in order to provide a systematic interpretation of the drainage evolution of
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Research status and prospects of CO2 geological sequestration technology from onshore to offshore: A review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Zitian Lin, Yangmin Kuang, Wuqin Li, Yanpeng Zheng
CO2 geological storage is a critical component of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology, and a key technical path towards achieving carbon neutrality. This study offers a comprehensive review of the theoretical and technical methods of onshore geological CO2 storage, and highlights that current CO2 terrestrial storage demonstration projects primarily focus on the traditional oil
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Fringed Patagonian tableland: One of Earth's largest and oldest landslide terrains Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Jakub Kilnar, Tomáš Pánek, Michal Břežný, Diego Winocur, Karel Šilhán, Veronika Kapustová
Sedimentary and volcanic tablelands host the world's largest landslide areas, sometimes spanning hundreds of kilometers along escarpments. This study, employing new remote sensing-based mapping and drawing on an expanding body of literature on paleogeographic evolution, revises the extent, controls, and chronology of some of Earth's largest coalescent landslides in the volcanic tableland of extra-Andean
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A benchmark dataset and workflow for landslide susceptibility zonation Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Massimiliano Alvioli, Marco Loche, Liesbet Jacobs, Carlos H. Grohmann, Minu Treesa Abraham, Kunal Gupta, Neelima Satyam, Gianvito Scaringi, Txomin Bornaetxea, Mauro Rossi, Ivan Marchesini, Luigi Lombardo, Mateo Moreno, Stefan Steger, Corrado A.S. Camera, Greta Bajni, Guruh Samodra, Erwin Eko Wahyudi, Nanang Susyanto, Marko Sinčić, Sanja Bernat Gazibara, Flavius Sirbu, Jewgenij Torizin, Nick Schüßler
Landslide susceptibility shows the spatial likelihood of landslide occurrence in a specific geographical area and is a relevant tool for mitigating the impact of landslides worldwide. As such, it is the subject of countless scientific studies. Many methods exist for generating a susceptibility map, mostly falling under the definition of statistical or machine learning. These models try to solve a classification
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Insights into the assessment and interpretation of earthquake-induced liquefaction in sands under different degrees of saturation Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Fausto Molina-Gómez, António Viana da Fonseca, Cristiana Ferreira, Bernardo Caicedo
Earthquake-induced liquefaction is a prominent and impactful natural hazard responsible for substantial economic losses worldwide. Hence, engineers and researchers are currently interested in developing methods and techniques to mitigate this destructive phenomenon. Reducing the degree of saturation is a reliable method to improve the liquefaction resistance of sandy soils since it directly influences
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Formation mechanism and geophysical properties of fracture-filling gas hydrate in the host sediments: A comprehensive review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-07 Gaowei Hu, Zhun Zhang, Yapeng Zhao, Qingtao Bu, Ang Li, Wengao Zhao, Zihao Wang, Xiaoqian Qiu, Tong Liu, Shengbiao Liu, Wanjun Lu, Nengyou Wu
Fracture-filling hydrate constitutes a pivotal component within the global hydrate reserves and serve as a significant focal point for hydrate exploration and development. However, the understanding of the formation mechanisms and geophysical properties of fracture-filling hydrate in sediments remains unclear. This review seeks to bridge this knowledge gap by comprehensively examining the formation
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Dynamics of nutrient cycles in the Permian–Triassic oceans Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Yadong Sun
Marine biochemical cycles underwent profound changes across the Permian–Triassic (P–T) transition, coinciding with Phanerozoic’s most devastating mass extinction. This review endeavours to untangle the complexity of marine biochemical cycles at this time, focusing on key components of the oceanic nutrient cycles, namely the nitrogen, phosphorus, iron, and molybdenum cycles.
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Well log prediction of total organic carbon: A comprehensive review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Jin Lai, Fei Zhao, Zongli Xia, Yang Su, Chengcheng Zhang, Yinhong Tian, Guiwen Wang, Ziqiang Qin
Source rocks are fundamental elements for petroleum systems, and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) is one of the most important geochemical parameters in source rock property evaluation. The TOC determination methods using laboratory tests are expensive and limited, therefore prediction of TOC using geophysical well logs are vital for source rock characterization. Though there are various proposed TOC quantitation
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The Ediacaran paleontological record in South America Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Lucas V. Warren, Bruno Berker-Kerber, Lucas Inglez, Filipe G. Varejão, Luana P.C. Morais, Marcello G. Simões, Bernardo T. Freitas, Julia M. Arrouy, Lucía E. Gómez-Peral, Daniel G. Poiré, Juliana Okubo, Fabrício Caxito, Gabriel J. Uhlein, Gabriel C. Antunes, Ilana Lehn, Guilherme R. Romero, Thomas R. Fairchild
South America figures as one of the most fruitful continents for paleontological research on the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, with almost 100 years of studies on organisms preserved in carbonates and siliciclastic successions deposited during the birth of the Gondwana supercontinent. However, this scientific record is often scattered among local publications which is part of the reason for the unfamiliarity
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A review of abyssal serpentinite geochemistry and geodynamics Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Baptiste Debret, Muriel Andreani, Marguerite Godard
The formation of abyssal serpentinites leads to deep changes of the oceanic lithosphere rheology and geochemistry, hence playing a key role on geodynamic and geochemical cycles. Here we review and discuss the geochemical diversity of serpentinites collected on abyssal floors (i.e., abyssal serpentinites) from different geodynamical settings, namely passive margin, forearc and oceanic spreading ridges
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Review of the missing link between field and modeled submarine debris flows: Scale effects of physical modeling Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Clarence Edward Choi, Jiantao Yu, Jiaqi Zhang
Submarine debris flows occur under the cloak of the sea and are giants among other types of landslides on planet Earth. They pose a significant threat to sustainable offshore development and marine ecosystems. Existing research on these flows mainly rely on back-analyzing field events and conducting miniaturized experiments. However, it is unclear whether the dynamics of miniaturized flows are similar
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How many oceans closed during the Brasiliano Cycle in northeastern Brazil? Implications for the amalgamation of western Gondwana Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Sérgio P. Neves
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Evidence of a large igneous province at ca. 347–330 Ma along the northern Gondwana margin linked to the assembly of Pangea: Insights from U–Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry of the South-Western Branch of the Variscan Belt (Morocco) Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-23 Oussama Moutbir, El Mostafa Aarab, Nasrrddine Youbi, Abdelhak Ait Lahna, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari, João Mata, Ross N. Mitchell, Andreas Gärtner, Alvar Soesoo, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah, Abderrahmane Soulaimani, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi, Ulf Linnemann
The migration and composition of magmatism over time can provide important insights into the tectonic evolution of an orogen like the Variscan Belt. To identify Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs), key criteria include large magmatic volume, intraplate-origin volcanic geochemistry, and significant plumbing systems. Based on such criteria, we present evidence of ca. 347–330 Ma LIP “fragments” in the South-Western
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Mechanics of methane bubbles in consolidated aquatic muds Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-23 Regina Katsman
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Quantifying the pattern of organic carbon burial through Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Huifang Guo, Xi Chen, Hanwei Yao, Yinggang Zhang, Benjamin J.W. Mills, Kaibo Han, Shujuan Wu, Yida Yang, Zihao Wang, David B. Kemp
The Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2, ca. 94 Ma) is characterized by a marked positive carbon isotope excursion (CIE) recorded in global marine basins. This CIE results from a global-scale increase in organic matter burial, facilitated by high productivity and seawater deoxygenation. To date, however, the precise pattern of changes in the burial rate of organic matter through the event
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Reply to Discussion: “Haiyang Zhang and Muhammad Arif. Residual trapping capacity of subsurface systems for geological storage of CO2: Measurement techniques, meta-analysis of influencing factors, and future outlook. Earth-Science Reviews (2024): 104764.” Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Haiyang Zhang, Muhammad Arif
Geological storage of CO is a promising technique to mitigate anthropogenic CO emissions. The effectiveness of CO storage in the subsurface formations relies on various trapping mechanisms that immobilize the injected CO. Among these mechanisms, residual trapping has been identified as a critical factor, closely associated with residual CO saturation. The extent of residual CO saturation is strongly
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The uplift of the East Africa - Arabia swell Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-18 Andrea Sembroni, Claudio Faccenna, Thorsten W. Becker, Paola Molin
The East Africa - Arabia topographic swell is an anomalously high-elevation region of ∼4000 km long (from southern Ethiopia to Jordan) and ∼ 1500 km wide (from Egypt to Saudi Arabia) extent. The swell is dissected by the Main Ethiopian, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden rifts, and characterized by widespread basaltic volcanic deposits emplaced from the Eocene to the present. Geochemical and geophysical data
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Insights into the role of tectonic extension and compression vs. subduction erosion in the tectonics of forearcs: Examples from the Japan Trench and the Middle America Trench Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-16 Paola Vannucchi, Jason P. Morgan
The forearc region remains key in understanding the dynamics of convergent plate tectonics. This study focuses on the mechanisms governing tectonic processes within the overriding plate forearc which spans from the trench to the volcanic arc at two key and relatively well studied regions: the Japan Trench and the Middle America Trench offshore SE Costa Rica. We address the questions that have arisen
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Geological Evolution of the Karakoram Terrane since Neoproterozoic Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 Shailendra Pundir, Vikas Adlakha
The Karakoram Terrane (KT) in the western margin of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen preserves the record of the Tethyan oceanic lithospheric subduction beneath the Asian Plate and metamorphism linked to the subduction of the Indian slab and the India-Asia collision. This terrane is also significant for understanding the changes in tectonics over time in the continent-continent collision zones related
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Fracture sets and sequencing Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 David J. Sanderson, David C.P. Peacock, Casey W. Nixon
Fractures in a network are commonly divided into “sets” to facilitate their description and analysis. Sets can be based on many different criteria that include the type, geometry, size, spatial distribution, relative age and the kinematics of the fractures. Orientation is the most widely used criterion, but alone may be inadequate to define a fracture set, since fractures of different type, origin
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Desertification baseline: A bottleneck for addressing desertification Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Dongwei Gui, Qi Liu, Jaime Martínez-Valderrama, Sameh Kotb Abd-Elmabod, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zhiwei Xu, Jiaqiang Lei
The desertification baseline is the standard to measure the severity of desertification and is imperative to achieve the target of land degradation neutrality of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.3. However, desertification baselines are fragmented because of various modeling approaches and incompatible thresholds of indicators, leading to the evaluation results of desertification shrouded in
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Precipitation is the main control on the global distribution of soil clay minerals Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Hengzhi Lyu, Huayu Lu
The global distribution of clay minerals is intricately linked with climatic conditions and bedrock composition, which interact to control the weathering intensity of silicate and other minerals. However, the quantitative relationship between clay minerals and climate is not well understood, partly due to the lack of quantitative assessments of the role of the various factors responsible for clay mineral
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Machine learning for subsurface geological feature identification from seismic data: Methods, datasets, challenges, and opportunities Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Lei Lin, Zhi Zhong, Chenglong Li, Andrew Gorman, Hao Wei, Yanbin Kuang, Shiqi Wen, Zhongxian Cai, Fang Hao
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Mechanisms of inertinite enrichment in Jurassic coals: Insights from a Big Data-driven review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Jiamin Zhou, Longyi Shao, Timothy P. Jones, Yangyang Huang, Mengran Chen, Haihai Hou, Jing Lu, Jason Hilton
Big Data-driven research is thriving in the geosciences, with initiatives such as The Deep-Time Digital Earth (DDE) program (), which is a “big science program” by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). Northern and northwestern Chinese environments produced a significant number of typically inertinite-rich coals during the Jurassic, which have been extensively researched and represent
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Multiphase fluid-rock interactions and flow behaviors in shale nanopores: A comprehensive review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-03 Jianchao Cai, Xinghe Jiao, Han Wang, Wu He, Yuxuan Xia
The complicated flow behaviors of multiphase fluids in shale reservoirs are significantly influenced by fluid-fluid and fluid-rock interactions due to the non-negligible intermolecular forces at the nanoscale, which is crucial for the effective development and efficient extraction of shale oil. The complexity of multiphase fluid distribution and flow behaviors in shale reservoirs is further increased
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REY-P cycles recorded by the Ediacaran phosphorite on the Yangtze Platform (South China) Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-03 Fang Zhang, Haifeng Fan, Hongjie Zhang, Yaowen Wu, Danish Khan, Massam Ali, Hanjie Wen, Fanghui Li, Jiaolong Xiao, Fan Zhang
Rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) composition of paleo-seawater and redox conditions of localized water masses during deposition are documented by the REY preserved in modern pristine chemical sedimentary phosphorites. However, contrary to modern phosphorites, some older ones (e.g., Cambrian and Proterozoic phosphorites) display anomalous REY patterns that deviate from modern seawater, and limit
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Site formation processes and the taphonomy of vertebrate remains in underwater caves Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-31 Meg M. Walker, Julien Louys
Palaeontological and zooarchaeological deposits have been recovered from underwater caves across the globe, but studies on site formation processes in these environments are scattered and have never been systematically examined. Flooded caves in the phreatic zone of karst systems include sinkholes and fensters (windows) that form a connection between the sub-aerial and sub-terranean landscapes, and
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Provenance and genesis of karstic bauxite deposits in China: Implications for the formation of super-large karstic bauxite deposits Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Xuefei Liu, Lihua Zhao, Qingfei Wang, Xuefei Sun, Lei Liu, Shujuan Yang, Jun Deng
Since the Carboniferous, over 7.0 billion tons (Gt) of karstic bauxite deposits have formed in the North China Craton (NCC) and the South China Block (SCB), rendering them the largest karstic bauxite deposit resource bases globally. Karstic bauxite deposits in the NCC primarily occur in the Late Carboniferous (>5.0 Gt), and those in the SCB occur in the Early Carboniferous (∼0.2 Gt), Early Permian
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Recent advances made by reaction experiments on melting of heavily metasomatized hydrous mantle Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Dejan Prelević, Michael W. Förster, Stephan Buhre, Fatma Gülmez, Tobias Grützner, Yu Wang, Stephen F. Foley
Mantle-derived magmas are traditionally assumed to originate by melting of an upper mantle consisting of uniform spinel- or garnet peridotite dominated by olivine. However, extensive studies of mantle-derived basalts suggest that the mantle is more mineralogically heterogeneous, so that the genesis of even the most common magmas requires consideration of mixed source regions within the mantle involving
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New perspectives on offshore groundwater exploration through integrated sequence-stratigraphy and source-to-sink analysis: Insights from the late Quaternary succession of the western Central Adriatic system, Italy Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 B. Campo, C. Pellegrini, I. Sammartino, F. Trincardi, A. Amorosi
Sequence stratigraphic concepts have a variety of applications well beyond hydrocarbon exploration. Through coastal plain-to-shelf stratigraphic correlation of Last Glacial Maximum deposits from the Central Adriatic area, we tested a source-to-sink approach for exploring offshore groundwater reserves stored within the lowstand systems tract. Above an erosional unconformity (sequence boundary) formed
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Subaqueous deltas in the stratigraphic record: Catching up with the marine geologists Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Ron Steel, Ariana Osman, Valentina M. Rossi, Jana Alabdullatif, Cornel Olariu, Yang Peng, Fernando Rey
Delta bathymetry, seismic data and near-surface sediment sampling on modern deltas with significant wave, tidal or marine current influence betray a double clinoform architecture with a bridging subaqueous platform. Much of the muddy portion of river-sediment discharge that reaches the coastline bypasses the mouth bar/shoreline clinoform and is deposited, eroded, re-suspended and stored in the distant
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Pore-scale modeling of solute transport in partially-saturated porous media Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-20 Ali Saeibehrouzi, Soroush Abolfathi, Petr Denissenko, Ran Holtzman
Solute transport in partially-saturated porous media plays a key role in multiple applications across scales, from the migration of nutrients and contaminants in soils to geological energy storage and recovery. Our understanding of transport in unsaturated porous media remains limited compared to the well-studied saturated case. The focus of this review is the non-reactive transport driven by the displacement
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Coastal groundwater dynamics with a focus on wave effects Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-20 Yihao Zheng, Mingzhe Yang, Haijiang Liu
Groundwater dynamics in the coastal unconfined aquifer is one of the most important physical factors in the coastal zone since it greatly influences the nearshore hydrodynamics and beach morphodynamics, as well as interactions between oceanic and inland water systems. A solid understanding of the groundwater behavior in the coastal area is necessary for maintaining efficient coastal water management
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Regional to global correlation of Cenomanian-early Turonian sea-level evolution and related dynamics: New perspectives Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Ahmed Mansour, Jian Wang, Xiugen Fu, Sameh S. Tahoun, Wolfgang Ruebsam
Major sea-level cycles occurred in the Cenomanian-early Turonian greenhouse world and impacted depositional conditions and ecosystems across the paleo-shelf seas. These sea-level cycles have been interpreted from various paleogeographic settings around the globe, such as the Western Interior Seaway (North America), the Proto-North Atlantic, Western Europe, and eastern Tethys (SE India). However, their
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Peat fires and legacy toxic metal release: An integrative biogeochemical and ecohydrological conceptual framework Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Colin P.R. McCarter, Gareth D. Clay, Sophie L. Wilkinson, Gabriel Sigmund, Scott J. Davidson, Muh Taufik, Susan Page, Emma L. Shuttleworth, David McLagan, Grant Chenier, Alexandra Clark, James M. Waddington
Peatlands are potent landscape sinks of natural and industrial toxic metals and metalloids (TMMs) but the long-term sequestration of TMMs in peatlands is at increasing risk due to climate change enhanced peatland fires. The ability of peatlands to retain TMMs results from a host of interacting hydrological, biological, geomorphological, and chemical feedbacks, which underpin peatland functionality
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Two-stage exhumation, uplift, and basinward propagation of the Tian Shan during the late Cenozoic Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Yutong Jiang, Honghua Lu, Rong Yang, Lichen Pang, Ruohong Jiao, Ying Wang, Jianzhang Pang, Youli Li
As a typical intracontinental orogenic belt, the Tian Shan is a natural lab for the understanding of ongoing intraplate deformation and related geodynamic mechanisms. Knowledge of the spatial and temporal patterns of uplift and exhumation of the range can provide critical insights into this issue. This work used apatite U-Th/He thermochronological analysis and river profile inversion to reveal the
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Marine ostracod faunas through the Late Devonian extinction events. Part I: The Kellwasser event Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Elvis Guillam, Marie-Béatrice Forel, Sylvie Crasquin
The Kellwasser event is one of Big Five mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic. It marks the boundary between the Frasnian and the Famennian, the two stages of the Upper Devonian. In order to discuss its effects on marine ostracod faunas, all well-dated occurrences from the literature have been gathered. We estimate that, at a global scale, the Kellwasser event has been responsible for the disappearance
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Degradation and local growth of “Xing'an-Baikal” permafrost responding to climate warming and the consequences Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Zhongqiong Zhang, Miao Li, Qingbai Wu, Xintong Wang, Huijun Jin, Huie Chen, Di Ma, Ze Zhang
The “Xing'an-Baikal” permafrost is distributed in Eurasia's middle and high latitudes. It incorporates features observed in high-altitude and high-latitude permafrost, yet it possesses unique characteristics and is sensitive to climate and environmental changes. The characteristics of the “Xing'an-Baikal” permafrost are systematically summarized, including permafrost distribution, taliks, ground ice
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Microplastics Aloft: A comprehensive exploration of sources, transport, variations, interactions and their implications on human health in the atmospheric realm Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Taiseer Hussain Nafea, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Yuyao Xu, Chengjun Wang, Xiaoyuan Wang, Wenlong Zhao, Dongsheng Ji, Hang Xiao, Jun He
Microplastics (MPs), particles with a size <5 mm, are ubiquitous in water, soil, and atmosphere, and have become a highly discussed environmental issue. Although atmospheric MPs have received less attention than MPs in soil and water, their possible environmental consequences are being examined in more depth. This study systematically reviews the sources, transport, distribution, and variations of
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Deposition and termination of Neoproterozoic iron formations (NIFs): New insights from NIFs in China Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Hui Ye, Chang-Zhi Wu, Weiqiang Li, Ru-Xiong Lei, Xiaohui Sun, Weiduo Hao, Kurt O. Konhauser
Over the past two decades, advancements in geochronological, sedimentary, and geochemical studies have considerably deepened our understanding of the links between the deposition of Neoproterozoic iron formations (NIFs) and major changes in Earth's surface environment. In China, extensive studies within this period have revealed that NIFs exhibit a wide range of fabrics, lithofacies, and geochemical
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Mantle-rooted fluid pathways and world-class gold mineralization in the giant Jiaodong gold province: Insights from integrated deep seismic reflection and tectonics Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Li-Qiang Yang, Jun Deng, Liang Zhang, Ai-Hua Zhao, M. Santosh, Xue-Feng Yu, Wei Yang, Da-Peng Li, Wei Shan, Dong Xie, Xiang-Dong Liu, Xue Gao, Ming-Chun Song, Wen-Yan He, Nan Li, Si-Rui Wang, Long Wang
The Jiaodong Peninsula in the eastern North China Craton is well-known for world-class deposits and as the only known late Mesozoic giant gold province located within a Precambrian metamorphic terrane. Here we synthesize deep seismic reflection data from the Jiaodong Peninsula, and on conjunction with existing interpretations of magnetotelluric data. We provide a new interpretation that offers insights
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Massive chromitites of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: A critical review of existing hypotheses Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 R.M. Latypov, S. Yu. Chistyakova, C. Letsoele
The controversy over the origin of massive chromitites in layered intrusions has recently become more contentious than ever before. At issue is whether they are produced via gravity settling/in situ crystallization of chromite directly on the chamber floor or by kinetic sieving, metasomatic replacement, or sill-like intrusions beneath the chamber floor, i.e., in deep parts of the cumulate pile. The
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Application of C and N isotopes to the study of biochar biogeochemical behavior in soil: A review Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Qianwei Feng, Bing Wang, Andrew R. Zimmerman, Pan Wu, Xinqing Lee, Miao Chen, Jian Zhang
Biochar, the solid product of biomass pyrolysis, has been widely used to mitigate global climate change by storing carbon (C) and regulating the transformation of nitrogen (N) in soil. While the effects of biochar on soil C and N cycles, such as mineralization and plant uptake, have been extensively reported, most studies of these types have employed measurement of the changes in total C and N in soil
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New insights into the marine minerals and energy resources of the Chilean continental shelf with an environmental approach Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 L. Villar-Muñoz, J.P. Bento, I. Vargas-Cordero, E. Morales, U. Tinivella, M. Giustiniani, N. Bangs, M. Kinoshita, A.C. Ronda, M. Clarke, H. Hino, T. Jalowitzki, E. Contreras-Reyes, D. Moncada, R. Fernandez
Chile is the world's leading producer of many terrestrial mineral resources; however, the potential of the country's marine mineral resources has been largely overlooked. Within its continental shelf (up to 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured), Chile has favorable geological characteristics for hosting and forming marine minerals and energy
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Authorship patterns in Africa's groundwater literature: Indications for helicopter research? Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Augustine M. Gbondo, Nils Michelsen
Groundwater plays an essential role in Africa and corresponding research is vital to resource management and long-term planning. However, the level of research output and the mode of international research collaboration on the continent have been questioned. In particular, cases of “helicopter research” have been reported. The term implies that scientists from wealthy nations do research in lower-income
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Corrigendum to “Caspian Sea level changes during instrumental period, its impact and forecast: A review” [Earth-Science Reviews 241 (2023)/104428] Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 H. Lahijani, S.A.G. Leroy, K. Arpe, J.-F. Crétaux
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Elusive Permian – Triassic Western Paleotethyan paleogeography: Towards the Early Cimmerian pre-Vardar configuration (Dinarides-Carpathian Balkan Belt) Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Darko Spahić
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Magnetostratigraphic dating of earliest hominin sites in Europe Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Luis Gibert, Gary Scott, Alan Deino, Robert Martin
After a century of research, the chronology of the first arrival of hominins in Europe remains controversial. Four Spanish localities potentially record evidence of the oldest Europeans, yet arrival ages remain loosely constrained between 1.6 and 0.9 Ma. Here we provide a new Early Pleistocene magnetostratigraphy, recording four paleomagnetic boundaries within 80 m of a fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary
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Microbe-assisted phytoremediation of toxic elements in soils: Present knowledge and future prospects Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Guo Yu, Habib Ullah, Balal Yousaf, Krzysztof Pikoń, Vasileios Antoniadis, Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, Nanthi Bolan, Jörg Rinklebe, Rao Zepeng, Sabry M. Shaheen, Liheng Liu
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Organic blue carbon sequestration in vegetated coastal wetlands: Processes and influencing factors Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Qian Hao, Zhaoliang Song, Xiaodong Zhang, Ding He, Laodong Guo, Lukas van Zwieten, Changxun Yu, Yidong Wang, Weiqi Wang, Yunying Fang, Yin Fang, Cong-Qiang Liu, Hailong Wang
Coastal wetlands play a vital role in carbon (C) sequestration, named ‘blue carbon’. The review aims to disentangle the processes and influencing factors, including elevated atmospheric CO, global climate warming, sea level rise and anthropogenic activities. Firstly, we provided an overview of C processes, including input, output, and deposition, in coastal wetlands. We then summarized the impacts
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Bringing ancient loess critical zones into a new era of sustainable development goals Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Xiaoxu Jia, Ping Zhu, Xiaorong Wei, Yuanjun Zhu, Mingbin Huang, Wei Hu, Yunqiang Wang, Tuvia Turkeltaub, Andrew Binley, Robert Horton, Ming'an Shao
Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs) have been established initially in natural environments to monitor CZ processes. A new generation of CZOs has been extended to human-modified landscapes to address the impacts of climate change and human-caused actions such as erosion, droughts, floods, and water resource pollution. This review focuses on numerous plot, field, and regional scale studies conducted
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Statistical approaches for improved definition of carbon isotope excursions Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 James S. Eldrett, Steven C. Bergman, Daniel Minisini
Carbon isotope excursions (CIEs) serve as key geological markers that coincide with global climate change, extinctions, Oceanic Anoxic Events, and hydrocarbon source rocks. Accurate delineation of CIEs is essential for global-scale correlations, calculation of their duration and generation of Earth System process models. However, defining the initiation and termination boundaries of CIEs remains subjective
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Tracing oceanic plateau relics in the basement of mainland China: A synthesis of aeromagnetic and seismic refraction data Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Kai-Jun Zhang, Chen Ji, Yuan-Ze Zhou, Yong-Jun Zhang
Mainland China has the most complex continental tectonics on Earth, making it one of the ideal laboratories for probing the tectonics and evolution of the Earth. However, no consensus has been reached regarding the basement tectonic architectures and evolution of mainland China. This paper focuses on the interpretation of aeromagnetic and seismic refraction data, closely incorporating available surface
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Response of North American ice sheets to the Younger Dryas cold reversal (12.9 to 11.7 ka) Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 April S. Dalton, Martin Margold, Helen E. Dulfer, Sophie L. Norris, Lev Tarasov
The Younger Dryas (YD; 12.9 to 11.7 thousand years before present [ka]) was an abrupt cooling event in the North Atlantic region that interrupted the last deglaciation. This interval is an important analogue for ice inception and provides key insights into the impacts of millennial-scale climatic excursions on the broad Earth System. However, the effect of YD cooling on North American ice sheets –
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Volcanism beyond Earth: Influence on Earth-centered causality models of volcano-tectonic associations Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Edgardo Cañón-Tapia
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Geo-hazards in the North Arabian Sea with special emphasis on Makran Subduction Zone Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Syed Ahsan Hussain Gardezi, Xiwu Luan, Zhen Sun, Rashid Haider, Yunying Zhang, Qiang Qiu, Thanuja D. Raveendrasinghe
The intricate convergence of tectonic plates and the interplay between landmasses and oceans in subduction zones give rise to marine geo-hazards, encompassing catastrophic events in marine environments, posing significant risks to ecosystems, coastal communities and infrastructure. The Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ), with its remarkable history of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, is a subject of
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Review of non-isothermal processes in CCUS from a geomechanical perspective Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Shuaiyi Lu, Ziwang Yu, Yanjun Zhang, Tianfu Xu
Greenhouse gas emissions have led to severe global climate change, and countries around the world are taking measures to mitigate the greenhouse effect caused by carbon emissions. Carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is emerging as a large-scale greenhouse gas emission reduction technology and can potentially become an important means to mitigate the greenhouse effect in the future
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Palaeontological signatures of the Anthropocene are distinct from those of previous epochs Earth Sci. Rev. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Anthony D. Barnosky, Reinhold Leinfelder, Martin J. Head, Colin N. Waters, Francine M.G. McCarthy, Alejandro Cearreta, David C. Aldridge, Mary McGann, Paul B. Hamilton, Colin P. Summerhayes, Jaia Syvitski, Jens Zinke, Andrew B. Cundy, Barbara Fiałkiewicz-Kozieł, J.R. McNeill, Michinobu Kuwae, Neil L. Rose, Simon D. Turner, Yoshiki Saito, Michael Wagreich, M. Allison
The “Great Acceleration” beginning in the mid-20th century provides the causal mechanism of the Anthropocene, which has been proposed as a new epoch of geological time beginning in 1952 CE. Here we identify key parameters and their diagnostic palaeontological signals of the Anthropocene, including the rapid breakdown of discrete biogeographical ranges for marine and terrestrial species, rapid changes