Eruptive history of the Late Quaternary Ciomadul (Csomád) volcano, East Carpathians, Part I: Timing of lava dome activity (2019)
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Gertisser. (2019). Eruptive history of the Late Quaternary Ciomadul (Csomád) volcano, East Carpathians, Part I: Timing of lava dome activity. Bulletin of Volcanology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1286-9

Located at the southern tip of the Intra-Carpathian Volcanic Range in Romania, and composed of a dozen dacitic lava domes, the Ciomadul (Csomád) volcanic complex is the youngest eruptive centre of the Carpatho-Pannonian Region. Whereas, in the last d... Read More about Eruptive history of the Late Quaternary Ciomadul (Csomád) volcano, East Carpathians, Part I: Timing of lava dome activity.

Pleistocene glacial history of the New Zealand subantarctic islands (2019)
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(2019). Pleistocene glacial history of the New Zealand subantarctic islands. Climate of the Past, 423-448. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-423-2019

The New Zealand subantarctic islands of Auckland and Campbell, situated between the Subtropical Front and the Antarctic Convergence in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, provide valuable terrestrial records from a globally-important climatic r... Read More about Pleistocene glacial history of the New Zealand subantarctic islands.

The long arm of the (geoforensic) law (2019)
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Ruffell, A., Pringle, J., & Morgan, R. (2019). The long arm of the (geoforensic) law. Geoscientist, 26-27. https://doi.org/10.1144/geosci2019-011

A recent meeting in London considered both the conventional and unusual applications of geoscience to forensic investigation. Alastair Ruffell, Jamie Pringle and Ruth Morgan discuss the global expansion of forensic geoscience, and how this field is c... Read More about The long arm of the (geoforensic) law.

The Search for “Fred”: An Unusual Vertical Burial Case (2019)
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D. Wisniewski, K., Cooper, N., Heaton, V., Hope, C., Pirrie, D., J. Mitten, A., & Pringle, J. K. (2019). The Search for “Fred”: An Unusual Vertical Burial Case. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 64(5), 1530-1539. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14035

This case reports details of a multi-phased, geophysical survey to assist in a cold case search. The Police Service received witness intelligence that had stated an adult male “Fred” had been lured to an isolated area, killed and then buried vertical... Read More about The Search for “Fred”: An Unusual Vertical Burial Case.

A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments (2018)
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Law, A. (2018). A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments. Quaternary Science Reviews, 98 -108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.006

Arctic organic carbon (OC) stores are substantial and have accumulated over millennia as a function of changes in climate and terrestrial vegetation. Arctic lakes are also important components of the regional C-cycle as they are sites of OC productio... Read More about A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments.

Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe. (2018)
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Dreyer, D., el Jundi, B., Kishkinev, D., Suchentrunk, C., Campostrini, L., Frost, B. J., Zechmeister, T., & Warrant, E. J. (2018). Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.179218

Insect migrations are spectacular natural events and resemble a remarkable relocation of biomass between two locations in space. Unlike the well-known migrations of daytime flying butterflies, such as the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) or the monarch... Read More about Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe..

The sedimentology, architecture and depositional setting of the fluvial Spireslack 1 Sandstone of the Midland Valley, Scotland: insights from Spireslack surface coal mine. (2018)
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Ellen, R., Browne, M., Mitten, A., Clarke, S., Leslie, A., & Callaghan, E. (2018). The sedimentology, architecture and depositional setting of the fluvial Spireslack 1 Sandstone of the Midland Valley, Scotland: insights from Spireslack surface coal mine. Geological Society Special Publications, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.2

Spireslack surface coal mine exposes a section in the Carboniferous Lawmuir Formation (Brigantian) into the Upper Limestone Formation (Arnsbergian). This paper describes the stratigraphy exposed at Spireslack for the first time and, in so doing, name... Read More about The sedimentology, architecture and depositional setting of the fluvial Spireslack 1 Sandstone of the Midland Valley, Scotland: insights from Spireslack surface coal mine..

Peralkaline felsic magmatism of the Atlantic islands (2018)
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Gertisser. (2018). Peralkaline felsic magmatism of the Atlantic islands. Frontiers in Earth Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00145

The oceanic-island magmatic systems of the Atlantic Ocean exhibit significant diversity in their respective sizes, ages, and the compositional ranges of their eruptive products. Nevertheless, almost all of the Atlantic islands and island groups have... Read More about Peralkaline felsic magmatism of the Atlantic islands.

Provenance information recorded by mineral inclusions in detrital garnet (2018)
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(2018). Provenance information recorded by mineral inclusions in detrital garnet. Sedimentary Geology, 32-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.07.009

Garnet single-grain analysis is an often used and well established tool in sedimentary provenance studies, especially when metamorphic source rocks are involved. So far, however, solely the geochemical composition of detrital garnets is considered to... Read More about Provenance information recorded by mineral inclusions in detrital garnet.

The cryptotephra record of the Marine Isotope Stage 12 to 10 interval (460–335 ka) at Tenaghi Philippon, Greece: Exploring chronological markers for the Middle Pleistocene of the Mediterranean region (2018)
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Gertisser. (2018). The cryptotephra record of the Marine Isotope Stage 12 to 10 interval (460–335 ka) at Tenaghi Philippon, Greece: Exploring chronological markers for the Middle Pleistocene of the Mediterranean region. Quaternary Science Reviews, 313-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.019

Precise chronologies that allow direct correlation of paleoclimate archives are a prerequisite for deciphering the spatiotemporal characteristics of short-term climate variability. Such chronologies can be established through the analysis of tephra l... Read More about The cryptotephra record of the Marine Isotope Stage 12 to 10 interval (460–335 ka) at Tenaghi Philippon, Greece: Exploring chronological markers for the Middle Pleistocene of the Mediterranean region.

Evidence for increased expression of the Amundsen Sea Low over the South Atlantic during the late Holocene (2018)
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(2018). Evidence for increased expression of the Amundsen Sea Low over the South Atlantic during the late Holocene. Climate of the Past, 1727 -1738. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1727-2018

The Amundsen Sea Low (ASL) plays a major role in the climate and environment of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, including surface air temperature and sea ice concentration changes. Unfortunately, a relative dearth of observational data across the... Read More about Evidence for increased expression of the Amundsen Sea Low over the South Atlantic during the late Holocene.

Alkaline magmas in zones of continental convergence: The Tezhsar volcano-intrusive ring complex, Armenia (2018)
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Sokol, K., Halama, R., Meliksetian, K., Savov, I., Navasardyan, G., & Sudo, M. (2018). Alkaline magmas in zones of continental convergence: The Tezhsar volcano-intrusive ring complex, Armenia. Lithos, 172-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.08.028

Alkaline igneous rocks are relatively rare in settings of tectonic convergence and little is known about their petrogenesis in these settings. This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the formation of alkaline igneous rocks by an in... Read More about Alkaline magmas in zones of continental convergence: The Tezhsar volcano-intrusive ring complex, Armenia.

A multivariate discrimination scheme of detrital garnet chemistry for use in sedimentary provenance analysis (2018)
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(2018). A multivariate discrimination scheme of detrital garnet chemistry for use in sedimentary provenance analysis. Sedimentary Geology, 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.11.003

Garnet chemistry provides a well-established tool in the discrimination and interpretation of sediment provenance. Current discrimination approaches, however, (i) suffer from using less variables than available, (ii) subjective determination of discr... Read More about A multivariate discrimination scheme of detrital garnet chemistry for use in sedimentary provenance analysis.

Provenance and tectonic setting of Carboniferous–Triassic sandstones from the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: A multi-method approach with implications for the Palaeotethys evolution (2018)
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(2018). Provenance and tectonic setting of Carboniferous–Triassic sandstones from the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: A multi-method approach with implications for the Palaeotethys evolution. Sedimentary Geology, 232-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.11.006

Carboniferous–Triassic siliciclastic sediments of the Karaburun Peninsula in western Turkey were studied to unravel their provenance and the tectonic setting of depositional basins within the Palaeotethyan realm. A set of complementary techniques inc... Read More about Provenance and tectonic setting of Carboniferous–Triassic sandstones from the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: A multi-method approach with implications for the Palaeotethys evolution.

Provenance and tectonic setting of Carboniferous–Triassic sandstones from the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: A multi-method approach with implications for the Palaeotethys evolution (2018)
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(2018). Provenance and tectonic setting of Carboniferous–Triassic sandstones from the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: A multi-method approach with implications for the Palaeotethys evolution. Sedimentary Geology, 232-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.11.006

Carboniferous–Triassic siliciclastic sediments of the Karaburun Peninsula in western Turkey were studied to unravel their provenance and the tectonic setting of depositional basins within the Palaeotethyan realm. A set of complementary techniques inc... Read More about Provenance and tectonic setting of Carboniferous–Triassic sandstones from the Karaburun Peninsula, western Turkey: A multi-method approach with implications for the Palaeotethys evolution.

Provenance of sandstones in Ethiopia during Late Ordovician and Carboniferous-Permian Gondwana glaciations: petrography and geochemistry of the Enticho Sandstone and the Edaga Arbi Glacials (2018)
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(2018). Provenance of sandstones in Ethiopia during Late Ordovician and Carboniferous-Permian Gondwana glaciations: petrography and geochemistry of the Enticho Sandstone and the Edaga Arbi Glacials. Sedimentary Geology, 188-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.10.006

We compare Ethiopian glaciogenic sandstone of the Late Ordovician and Carboniferous–Permian Gondwana glaciations petrographically and geochemically to provide insight into provenance, transport, and weathering characteristics. Although several studie... Read More about Provenance of sandstones in Ethiopia during Late Ordovician and Carboniferous-Permian Gondwana glaciations: petrography and geochemistry of the Enticho Sandstone and the Edaga Arbi Glacials.

New occurrences of Palaeopascichnus from the Stáhpogieddi Formation, Arctic Norway, and their bearing on the age of the Varanger Ice Age (2018)
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Jensen, S., Hogstrom, A. E. S., Hoyberget, M., Meinhold, G., McIlroy, D., Ebbestad, J. O. R., Taylor, W. L., Agic, H., & Palacios, T. (2018). New occurrences of Palaeopascichnus from the Stáhpogieddi Formation, Arctic Norway, and their bearing on the age of the Varanger Ice Age. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 55(11), 1253-1261. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0035

We report on new occurrences of the late Ediacaran problematicum Palaeopascichnus (Protista?) from the Stáhpogieddi Formation, Arctic Norway. The stratigraphically lowest occurrences are in beds transitional between the Lillevannet and Indreelva memb... Read More about New occurrences of Palaeopascichnus from the Stáhpogieddi Formation, Arctic Norway, and their bearing on the age of the Varanger Ice Age.

A prograding margin during global sea-level maxima: an example from Mahajanga Basin, northwest Madagascar (2018)
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(2018). A prograding margin during global sea-level maxima: an example from Mahajanga Basin, northwest Madagascar. Basin Research, 671 - 687. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12270

The Mesozoic shelf margin in the Mahajanga Basin, northwest Madagascar, provides an example where inherited palaeobathymetry, coupled with sea-level changes, high sediment supply and fluctuations in accommodation influenced the stacking patterns and... Read More about A prograding margin during global sea-level maxima: an example from Mahajanga Basin, northwest Madagascar.

Towards reconstruction of the lost Late Bronze Age intra-caldera island of Santorini, Greece (2018)
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Gertisser. (2018). Towards reconstruction of the lost Late Bronze Age intra-caldera island of Santorini, Greece. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25301-2

During the Late Bronze Age, the island of Santorini had a semi-closed caldera harbour inherited from the 22 ka Cape Riva Plinian eruption, and a central island referred to as ‘Pre-Kameni’ after the present-day Kameni Islands. Here, the size and age o... Read More about Towards reconstruction of the lost Late Bronze Age intra-caldera island of Santorini, Greece.

Nitrogen-rich organic soils under warm well-drained conditions are global nitrous oxide emission hotspots. (2018)
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(2018). Nitrogen-rich organic soils under warm well-drained conditions are global nitrous oxide emission hotspots. Nature communications, 1135 -1135. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03540-1

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a powerful greenhouse gas and the main driver of stratospheric ozone depletion. Since soils are the largest source of N2O, predicting soil response to changes in climate or land use is central to understanding and managing N2O.... Read More about Nitrogen-rich organic soils under warm well-drained conditions are global nitrous oxide emission hotspots..