4/09/2014

New papers 20140408 (Nature, Science, PNAS etc…)

Nature
1.El Niño tests forecasters
Jeff Tollefson
Nature 508, 20–21 (03 April 2014) doi:10.1038/508020a

2.Highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact
Seth A. Jacobson, Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond, David P. O'Brien, Kevin J. Walsh and David C. Rubie
Nature 508, 84–87 (03 April 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13172

Nature Communications
3.Corals record long-term Leeuwin current variability including Ningaloo Nin ̃o/Nin ̃a since 1795
J. Zinke, A. Rountrey, M. Feng, S.-P. Xie, D. Dissard, K. Rankenburg, J.M. Lough, and M.T. McCulloch
Nature Communications 5:3607 doi: 10.1038/ncomms4607

4. Global link between deformation and volcanic eruption quantified by satellite imagery
J. Biggs,                S. K. Ebmeier, W. P. Aspinall, Z. Lu, M. E. Pritchard,  R. S. J. Sparks, and T. A. Mather
Nature Communications 5, Article number: 3471 doi:10.1038/ncomms4471

Science
5.In New Report, IPCC Gets More Specific About Warming Risks
Eli Kintisch
Science 4 April 2014: 21. Vol. 344 no. 6179 p. 21
doi: 10.1126/science.344.6179.21

6. Inside Earth Runs Hot and Cold
Katherine A. Kelley
Science 4 April 2014: Vol. 344 no. 6179 pp. 51-52 doi: 10.1126/science.1252089

7.Geophysical and Geochemical Evidence for Deep Temperature Variations Beneath Mid-Ocean Ridges
Colleen A. Dalton1, Charles H. Langmuir, Allison Gale
Science 4 April 2014: Vol. 344 no. 6179 pp. 80-83
doi: 10.1126/science.1249466

8. A 12-Million-Year Temperature History of the Tropical Pacific Ocean
Yi Ge Zhang, Mark Pagani, Zhonghui Liu
Science 4 April 2014: Vol. 344 no. 6179 pp. 84-87 doi: 10.1126/science.1246172

9. Not So Permanent El Niño
David W. Lea
Science 4 April 2014: Vol. 344 no. 6179 pp. 52-53 doi: 10.1126/science.1252246

Geology
10. Neoproterozoic oceanic crust remnants in northeast Brazil
Fabrício Caxito, Alexandre Uhlein, Ross Stevenson, and Gabriel J. Uhlein
Geology, first published on March 31, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35479.1

11. The role of continental lithosphere metasomes in the production of HIMU-like magmatism on the northeast African and Arabian plates
Tyrone O. Rooney, Wendy R. Nelson, Laure Dosso, Tanya Furman, and Barry Hanan
Geology, first published on March 31, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35216.1

12. Active tectonics of the eastern Himalaya: New constraints from the first tectonic geomorphology study in southern Bhutan
Théo Berthet, Jean-François Ritz, Matthieu Ferry, Phuntsho Pelgay, Rodolphe Cattin, Dowchu Drukpa, Régis Braucher, and György Hetény
Geology, first published on March 31, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35162.1

13. Miocene burial and exhumation of the India-Asia collision zone in southern Tibet: Response to slab dynamics and erosion
B. Carrapa, D.A. Orme, P.G. DeCelles, P. Kapp, M.A. Cosca, and R. Waldrip
Geology, first published on March 31, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35350.1

14. Cumulate fragments in silicic ignimbrites: The case of the Snake River Plain
Ben S. Ellis, Olivier Bachmann, and John A. Wolff
Geology, first published on March 31, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35399.1

15. Early Cenozoic uplift of the Puna Plateau, Central Andes, based on stable isotope paleoaltimetry of hydrated volcanic glass
Robin R. Canavan, Barbara Carrapa, Mark T. Clementz, Jay Quade, Peter G. DeCelles, and Lindsay M. Schoenbohm
Geology, first published on March 31, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35239.1

16. Asynchronous response of marine-terminating outlet glaciers during deglaciation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Chris R. Stokes, Geoffrey D. Corner, Monica C.M. Winsborrow, Katrine Husum, and Karin Andreassen
Geology, first published on March 31, 2014, doi:10.1130/G35299.1

PNAS
17. SQUID–SIMS is a useful approach to uncover primary signals in the Archean sulfur cycle
Woodward W. Fischer, David A. Fike, Jena E. Johnson, Timothy D. Raub, Yunbin Guan, Joseph L. Kirschvink, and John M. Eiler
PNAS, 2014; published ahead of print April 1, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1322577111

18. Radiocarbon evidence for alternating northern and southern sources of ventilation of the deep Atlantic carbon pool during the last deglaciation
Luke C. Skinner, Claire Waelbroeck, Adam E. Scrivner, and Stewart J. Fallon
PNAS, 2014 ; published ahead of print March 31, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1400668111

19. Methanogenic burst in the end-Permian carbon cycle
Daniel H. Rothman, Gregory P. Fournier, Katherine L. French, Eric J. Alm, Edward A. Boyle, Changqun Cao, and Roger E. Summons

PNAS 2014 ; published ahead of print March 31, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1318106111