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21 March 2023 | Open Access

Gravity complexes as a focus of seafloor fluid seepage: the Rio Grande Cone, SE Brazil
- M. Ketzer
- , D. Praeg
- & J. A. Cupertino
Scientific Reports 13, 4590
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21 March 2023 | Open Access

Separation, reserve estimation and radioactivity responsibility of the economic heavy minerals of East El- Arish black sand, North Sinai, Egypt
- M. Awad
- , A. M. El Mezayen
- & M. Y. Hanfi
Scientific Reports 13, 4608
Research
20 March 2023 | Open Access

Seasonal sea-ice in the Arctic’s last ice area during the Early Holocene

Marine sediment proxies for sea ice suggest that a shift to seasonal sea ice in the Lincoln Sea during the Early Holocene was related to warmer air temperatures, similar to those projected to occur under anthropogenic warming.
- Henrieka Detlef
- , Matt O’Regan
- & Christof Pearce
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 86
Research
17 March 2023 | Open Access

Last deglacial abrupt climate changes caused by meltwater pulses in the Labrador Sea

Periodic meltwater pulses from the Laurentide-Greenland Ice Sheets during the last deglaciation drove abrupt changes in sea surface temperature and sea ice extent, according to sediment core biomarker proxy records from the Eirik Drift, eastern Labrador Sea
- Defang You
- , Ruediger Stein
- & Frank Niessen
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 81
Research
06 March 2023 | Open Access

Digitalization of hydraulic rotary drilling process for continuously mechanical profiling of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks
- X. F. Wang
- , Z. J. Zhang
- & Z. Q. Yue
Scientific Reports 13, 3701
Research
06 March 2023 | Open Access

Stepwise increased spatial provenance contrast on the Chinese Loess Plateau over late Miocene-Pleistocene

The formation of the Chinese Loess Plateau resulted from a combination of surface processes rather than from aridification of the Asian interior alone, according to zircon U-Pb geochronological analysis
- Wenbin Peng
- , Haobo Zhang
- & Junsheng Nie
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 60

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Research Highlights | 16 February 2023

Deep-sea resources

An article in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems uncovers the source, distribution, and concentration of rare earth elements, yttrium and scandium in sea-floor sediments within the South Pacific Gyre.
- Erin Scott
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4, 139
News & Views | 29 August 2022

Plant fingerprints in the deep Earth

The colonization of Earth landmasses by vascular plants around 430 million years ago substantially impacted erosion and sediment transport mechanisms. This left behind fingerprints in magmatic rocks, linking the evolution of Earth’s biosphere with its internal processes.
- Nicolas D. Greber
Nature Geoscience 15, 685-686
Research Highlights | 27 April 2022

Driving dark carbon fixation

An article in Water Research investigated the rates, microbe types and main drivers of dark carbon fixation within intertidal sediments from the Yangtze Estuary, China.
- Robert Ulrich
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3, 289
Editorial | 11 January 2022

Complexities of coastal resilience

Mitigating the risks of coastal flooding as sea levels rise requires management of sediment as well as water.

Nature Geoscience 15, 1
Research Highlights | 28 April 2021

Hurricanes and landslides

A study in JGR Earth Surface examines the link between Hurricane María and sediment mobilization by landslides in Puerto Rico.
- Laura Zinke
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2, 304
News & Views | 04 March 2021

Fidelity of turbidites as earthquake records

Turbidites record ground motion in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. Recent events are now revealing how turbidites record earthquakes, but turbidites are triggered in many ways, and testing if ancient turbidites are earthquake-triggered remains challenging.
- Peter J. Talling
Nature Geoscience 14, 113-116

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Sedimentology articles from across Nature Portfolio

Latest Research and Reviews

Gravity complexes as a focus of seafloor fluid seepage: the Rio Grande Cone, SE Brazil

Separation, reserve estimation and radioactivity responsibility of the economic heavy minerals of East El- Arish black sand, North Sinai, Egypt

Seasonal sea-ice in the Arctic’s last ice area during the Early Holocene

Last deglacial abrupt climate changes caused by meltwater pulses in the Labrador Sea

Digitalization of hydraulic rotary drilling process for continuously mechanical profiling of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks

Stepwise increased spatial provenance contrast on the Chinese Loess Plateau over late Miocene-Pleistocene

News and Comment

Deep-sea resources

Plant fingerprints in the deep Earth

Driving dark carbon fixation

Complexities of coastal resilience

Hurricanes and landslides

Fidelity of turbidites as earthquake records

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