Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Dating the Homo erectus bearing travertine from Kocabaş (Denizli, Turkey) at at least 1.1 Ma
Abstract Since its discovery within a travertine quarry, the fragmentary cranium of the only known Turkish Homo erectus, the Kocabaş hominid, has led to conflicting biochronological estimations. First estimated to be ∼ ...
2014 / Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard, M. Cihat Alçiçek, Pierre Rochette, Samir Khatib, Amélie Vialet, et al. -
Water properties, heat and volume fluxes of Pacific water in Barrow Canyon during summer 2010
Abstract Over the past few decades, sea ice retreat during summer has been enhanced in the Pacific sector of the Arctic basin, likely due in part to increasing summertime heat flux of Pacific-origin water from the Bering Strait. Barrow Canyon, in...
2015 / Motoyo Itoh, Robert S. Pickart, Takashi Kikuchi, Yasushi Fukamachi, Kay I. Ohshima, et al. -
The characteristics of atmospheric ice nuclei measured at the top of Huangshan (the Yellow Mountains) in Southeast China using a newly built static vacuum water vapor diffusion chamber
Abstract A newly built static vacuum water vapor diffusion chamber was built to measure the concentration of ice nuclei (INs) at the top of Huangshan (the Yellow Mountains) in Southeast China. The experiments were conducted under temperatures...
2014 / Hui Jiang, Yan Yin, Hang Su, Yunpeng Shan, Renjie Gao -
Post-Triassic thermal history of the Tazhong Uplift Zone in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Evidence from apatite fission-track thermochronology
Abstract The Tarim Basin is a representative example of the basins developed in the northwest China that are characterized by multiple stages of heating and cooling. In order to better understand its complex thermal history, apatite fission track...
2013 / Caifu Xiang, Xiongqi Pang, Martin Danišík -
Associations between particulate matter elements and early-life pneumonia in seven birth cohorts: Results from the ESCAPE and TRANSPHORM projects
Abstract Evidence for a role of long-term particulate matter exposure on acute respiratory infections is growing. However, which components of particulate matter may be causative remains largely unknown. We assessed associations between eight...
2014 / Elaine Fuertes, Elaina MacIntyre, Raymond Agius, Rob Beelen, Bert Brunekreef, et al. -
A study on the sensitivities of simulated aerosol optical properties to composition and size distribution using airborne measurements
Abstract We present a flexible framework to calculate the optical properties of atmospheric aerosols at a given relative humidity based on their composition and size distribution. The similarity of this framework to climate model parameterisations...
2014 / A.R. Esteve, E.J. Highwood, W.T. Morgan, G. Allen, H. Coe, et al. -
East Antarctic deglaciation and the link to global cooling during the Quaternary: evidence from glacial geomorphology and 10Be surface exposure dating of the Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land
Abstract Reconstructing past variability of the Antarctic ice sheets is essential to understand their stability and to anticipate their contribution to sea level change as a result of future climate change. Recent studies have reported a significant ...
2014 / Yusuke Suganuma, Hideki Miura, Albert Zondervan, Jun'ichi Okuno -
Subway platform air quality: Assessing the influences of tunnel ventilation, train piston effect and station design
Abstract A high resolution air quality monitoring campaign (PM, CO2 and CO) was conducted on differently designed station platforms in the Barcelona subway system under: (a) normal forced tunnel ventilation, and (b) with daytime tunnel ventilation...
2014 / T. Moreno, N. Pérez, C. Reche, V. Martins, E. de Miguel, et al. -
Ross Sea paleo-ice sheet drainage and deglacial history during and since the LGM
Abstract Onshore and offshore studies show that an expanded, grounded ice sheet occupied the Ross Sea Embayment during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Results from studies of till provenance and the orientation of geomorphic features on the...
2013 / John B. Anderson, Howard Conway, Philip J. Bart, Alexandra E. Witus, Sarah L. Greenwood, et al. -
Comparison of the toxicity of diesel exhaust produced by bio- and fossil diesel combustion in human lung cells in vitro
Abstract Alternative fuels are increasingly combusted in diesel- and gasoline engines and the contribution of such exhausts to the overall air pollution is on the rise. Recent findings on the possible adverse effects of biodiesel exhaust are...
2013 / Sandro Steiner, Jan Czerwinski, Pierre Comte, Olga Popovicheva, Elena Kireeva, et al. -
Nano particles as the primary cause for long-term sunlight suppression at high southern latitudes following the Chicxulub impact — evidence from ejecta deposits in Belize and Mexico
Abstract Life on Earth was sharply disrupted 66Ma ago as an asteroid hit the sea-floor in what is today Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Approximately 600km3 of sedimentary rock were vapourized, ejected into the atmosphere and subsequently deposited...
2014 / Vivi Vajda, Adriana Ocampo, Embaie Ferrow, Christian Bender Koch -
Analysis of the WRF-Chem contributions to AQMEII phase2 with respect to aerosol radiative feedbacks on meteorology and pollutant distributions
Abstract As a contribution to phase2 of the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII), eight different simulations for the year 2010 were performed with WRF-Chem for the European domain. The four simulations using RADM2...
2014 / Renate Forkel, Alessandra Balzarini, Rocio Baró, Roberto Bianconi, Gabriele Curci, et al. -
Can deep seated gravitational slope deformations be activated by regional tectonic strain: First insights from displacement measurements in caves from the Eastern Alps
Abstract Tectonic elastic strain and ground deformations are documented as the most remarkable environmental phenomena occurring prior to local earthquakes in tectonically active areas. The question arises if such strain would be able to trigger...
2016 / Ivo Baroň, Lukas Plan, Bernhard Grasemann, Ivanka Mitroviċ, Wolfgang Lenhardt, et al. -
Validation of Envisat MERIS algorithms for chlorophyll retrieval in a large, turbid and optically-complex shallow lake
Abstract The 10-year archive of MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) data is an invaluable resource for studies on lake system dynamics at regional and global scales. MERIS data are no longer actively acquired but their capacity for global ...
2014 / Stephanie C.J. Palmer, Peter D. Hunter, Thomas Lankester, Steven Hubbard, Evangelos Spyrakos, et al. -
Modeling study of surface ozone source-receptor relationships in East Asia
Abstract Ozone source–receptor relationships over East Asia have been quantitatively investigated using a chemical transport model including an on-line tracer-tagged procedure, with a particular focus on the source regions of different daily ozone...
2015 / Jie Li, Wenyi Yang, Zifa Wang, Huansheng Chen, Bo Hu, et al. -
Pleistocene magnetochronology of the fauna and Paleolithic sites in the Nihewan Basin: Significance for environmental and hominin evolution in North China
Abstract The fluvio-lacustrine sequences in the Nihewan Basin of North China (known as the Nihewan Formation) are rich sources of Early Pleistocene Paleolithic sites and mammalian fossils (known as the Nihewan Fauna sensu lato), which offer an...
2013 / Hong Ao, Zhisheng An, Mark J. Dekkers, Yongxiang Li, Guoqiao Xiao, et al. -
An updated Quantitative Water Air Sediment Interaction (QWASI) model for evaluating chemical fate and input parameter sensitivities in aquatic systems: Application to D5 (decamethylcyclopentasiloxane) and PCB-180 in two lakes
Abstract The QWASI fugacity mass balance model has been widely used since 1983 for both scientific and regulatory purposes to estimate the concentrations of organic chemicals in water and sediment, given an assumed rate of chemical emission,...
2014 / Donald Mackay, Lauren Hughes, David E. Powell, Jaeshin Kim -
Diet and environment of a mid-Pliocene fauna from southwestern Himalaya: Paleo-elevation implications
Abstract A mid-Pliocene fauna (4.2–3.1 Ma) was recently uncovered in the Zanda (Zhada) Basin in the southwestern Himalaya, at an elevation of about 4200 m above sea level. These fossil materials provide a unique window for examining the linkage...
2013 / Yang Wang, Yingfeng Xu, Sofia Khawaja, Benjamin H. Passey, Chunfu Zhang, et al. -
Assimilation of remotely sensed soil moisture and vegetation with a crop simulation model for maize yield prediction
Abstract To improve the prediction of crop yields at an aggregate scale, we developed a data assimilation-crop modeling framework that incorporates remotely sensed soil moisture and leaf area index (LAI) into a crop model using sequential data...
2013 / Amor V.M. Ines, Narendra N. Das, James W. Hansen, Eni G. Njoku -
High frequency in-situ field measurements of morphological response on a fine gravel beach during energetic wave conditions
Abstract This paper presents novel data collected over four weeks at Loe Bar, a fine gravel barrier (D 50 =3.5mm), exposed to energetic wave conditions (H s10% ...
2013 / Timothy Poate, Gerd Masselink, Mark Davidson, Robert McCall, Paul Russell, et al.