Geoscience Bulletin Board – 1 July 2024

“Beachball” earthquake focal mechanisms at Yellowstone

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/earthquake-focal-mechanisms-lifes-a-beachball

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Future asteroid strike – limited readiness to prevent impact – methods to inform the public not fully developed

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-predicts-an-asteroid-has-a-72-percent-chance-of-hitting-earth-here-s-when/ar-BB1oOcpG

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New interpretation & mapping off offshore sedimentary basins of New Zealand reveal clues to continental evolution

·?????? https://eos.org/articles/sedimentary-basins-tell-zealandias-ancient-story

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Tracing anthropogenic radionuclides in helps reveal pathways & timing of mingling of Atlantic & Arctic currents

·?????? https://eos.org/research-spotlights/radioactive-isotopes-trace-hidden-arctic-currents

·?????? Paper:?? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JC020813

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Distinguishing atmospheric and oceanic tsunami waves from 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption

·?????? https://eos.org/editor-highlights/dual-tsunami-generation-from-atmospheric-and-oceanic-sources

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Experimental model may explain volcanic processes that carbonatite could transport green metals upward to the surface of the Earth in magmatic sulfide systems

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mantle-crust-green-metal-mystery.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl3127

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Magnitude of horizontal & vertical displacements in December 2020 Petrinja earthquake in Croatia

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-magnitude-displacements-december-petrinja-earthquake.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/12/2112

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Toward improved understanding of dust source in Gurbantunggut Desert in Junggar Basin in China

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-gurbantunggut-source.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818124001292

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Reservoir of dissolved organic matter in the ocean

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-scientists-explore-vast-reservoir-dissolved.html

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Large plume of Saharan Desert dust to reach the Atlantic Coast

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/massive-cloud-of-saharan-dust-is-set-to-reach-the-us-this-week/ar-BB1oOEzt

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Oil-sands production in Canada among most carbon-intensive sources of oil

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/forget-shale-canada-s-oil-sands-are-having-their-moment/ar-BB1oQSlw

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Suggesting that Tunguska event was caused by black hole but evidence is lacking

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/atom-bomb-sized-blast-in-russia-may-have-been-caused-by-a-black-hole/ar-BB1oW68T

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2D hydraulic model for Chain of Lakes on Fox River in McHenry County, Illinois

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/two-dimensional-hydraulic-model-chain-lakes-fox-river-near-mchenry-illinois

·?????? USFS SIR 2024-5056:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2024/5056/sir20245056.pdf

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Predicting depth to bedrock in Delaware River Basin using noisy data on multiscale performance

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/a-spatial-machine-learning-model-developed-noisy-data-requires-multiscale-performance

·?????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815224001853

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Dissolved arsenic concentrations of upper Klamath River Basin waters in Oregon & California

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/dissolved-arsenic-concentrations-surface-waters-within-upper-portions-klamath-river

·?????? USGS SIR 2024-5029:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2024/5029/sir20245029.pdf

El Ni?o forecast for 18 months using physics-based model – explainable predictability

·???? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-el-nio-months-physics-based.html?

Impact of seamounts on ocean circulation due to intense turbulence

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-underwater-mountains-impact-ocean-circulation.html

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Direct measurement (using fluorescent dye) of cold deep water upwelling via turbulent mixing along slope of submarine canyon in Atlantic Ocean - observed rate was 10,000+ times the predicted global average

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ocean-paradox-gallons-fluorescent-dye.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07411-2

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Active eruption cycle on Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland may continue for decades

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-iceland-volcano-eruptions-decades.html

·?????? Paper:? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ter.12733

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New model of “missing” aerosols and cloud condensation nuclei

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-aerosol-cloud-condensation-nuclei.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07547-1

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Water transport in subduction zones includes nominally anhydrous minerals (NAMs) and water-bearing minerals – stishovite (SiO2) may retain large amounts of water but has limited stability deep in the Mantle

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-high-pressure-silica-mineral-deep.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X24002231

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New method for visualization & prediction of sedimentation in soft-ground drilling

·?????? https://techxplore.com/news/2024-06-method-visualization-sedimentation-soft-ground.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024005280?via%3Dihub

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100-foot diameter sinkhole opens up beneath soccer field in Alton, Illinois– video

·?????? https://weather.com/news/video/massive-sinkhole-swallows-part-of-illinois-soccer-field

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Deformation on Mauna Loa

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/news/volcano-watch-beyond-lava-mauna-loas-deformation-story

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Heap leach landslide at Eagle Mine in Canada

·?????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/eagle-gold-mine-1

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Possible causes of Sorte debris flow in Switzerland

·?????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/sorte-debris-flow-2

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Upwelling mantle plume created ocean basin in Mongolia 410 myo

·?????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/boiling-rocks-from-earths-crust-tore-an-ocean-into-mongolia-410-million-years-ago

·?????? Paper:? https://danielpastorgalan.com/publication/2024-zhu-grl/2024-ZHU-GRL.pdf

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Why the US has so many tornadoes – all about convergence & contrast

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-tornadoes-earth-scientist.html

Reconstruction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1049726

·?????? Paper:? https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2408502121

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Ammonites were not in decline prior to Late Cretaceous event

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1049643

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49462-z

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Growth mechanism for golf ball & even grapefruit size hail

·?????? https://theconversation.com/hail-the-size-of-golf-balls-and-even-grapefruit-the-science-of-how-tiny-ice-crystals-grow-dangerously-large-231587

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“Expert” opinions on the global methane budget

·?????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-fifty-experts-global-methane.html

·?????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF004234

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Planetary geology:? lower-temperature hydrothermal vents could create conditions that support if on “ocean worlds” in the Solar System

·?????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hydrothermal_Vents_on_Ocean_Worlds_Could_Support_Life_UC_Santa_Cruz_Study_Finds_999.html

·?????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JE008202

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Klondike gold rush history from Seattle, Washington, to Skagway

·?????? https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/06/seeking-gold-rush-history-seattle-skagway

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Exceptionally well-preserved assemblage of Cambrian trilobites in High Atlas of Morocco

·?????? https://www.sci.news/paleontology/cambrian-trilobites-13054.html

·?????? https://www.sciencealert.com/never-before-seen-trilobite-anatomy-preserved-by-pompeii-like-ash-in-morocco

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Geomyth - debunking popular claim that Protoceratops inspired legend of the Griffin

·?????? https://www.sci.news/paleontology/protoceratops-griffin-link-13039.html

·?????? 1989 Paper:? https://www.academia.edu/531069/Paleocryptozoology_A_Call_for_Collaboration_between_Classicists_and_Cryptozoologists

·?????? Paper:? https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03080188241255543

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Visualizing Saudi Aramco oil reserves

·?????? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-saudi-aramcos-massive-oil-reserves/

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Yeah, this is a brilliant idea:? $60M scheme to pump carbon to bottom of the ocean to “solve” non-existent climate crisis

·?????? https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-a-radical-plan-to-pump-carbon-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean

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Inbreeding did not cause extinction of Wooly Mammoth – lack of genetic evidence to support inbreeding concept

·?????? https://www.sciencealert.com/inbreeding-not-to-blame-for-wooly-mammoth-extinction-surprising-study-finds

·?????? Paper:? https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00577-4

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