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2012

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Near-Synchronous And Delayed Initiation Of Long Run-Out Submarine Sediment Flows From A Record-Breaking River Flood, Offshore Taiwan, L. Carter, Jd Milliman, Pj Talling, R Gavey, Rb Wynn Jun 2012

Near-Synchronous And Delayed Initiation Of Long Run-Out Submarine Sediment Flows From A Record-Breaking River Flood, Offshore Taiwan, L. Carter, Jd Milliman, Pj Talling, R Gavey, Rb Wynn

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Subsea fiber-optic telecommunication cables can break under fast sediment flows that travel 100s of kilometers through the deep ocean in response to earthquakes and submarine landslides. Similar flows are inferred to form from major river floods whose sediment-laden waters plunge and travel along the seabed. However, the complex initiation of flood-related flows and their hazard potential have not been observed until now. Here we use cable fault data from the Gaoping Canyon/Manila Trench off Taiwan to show that a major river flood, formed during Typhoon Morakot (2009), generated two, long run-out, destructive sediment flows; one during peak flood and the …


Isotopic Characterization Of Aerosol Organic Carbon Components Over The Eastern United States, A. S. Wozniak, James E. Bauer, Rebecca M. Dickhut, Li Xu, Ann P. Mcnichol Jan 2012

Isotopic Characterization Of Aerosol Organic Carbon Components Over The Eastern United States, A. S. Wozniak, James E. Bauer, Rebecca M. Dickhut, Li Xu, Ann P. Mcnichol

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Carbon isotopic signatures (delta C-13, Delta C-14) of aerosol particulate matter total organic carbon (TOC) and operationally defined organic carbon (OC) components were measured in samples from two background sites in the eastern U. S. TOC and water-soluble OC (WSOC) delta C-13 values (-27 to -24 parts per thousand) indicated predominantly terrestrial C-3 plant and fossil derived sources. Total solvent extracts (TSE) and their aliphatic, aromatic, and polar OC components were depleted in delta C-13 (-30 to -26 parts per thousand) relative to TOC and WSOC. Delta C-14 signatures of aerosol TOC and TSE (-476 to +25 parts per thousand) …


Chlorophyll A In Antarctic Sea Ice From Historical Ice Core Data, Km Meiners, M Vancoppenolle, S Thanassekos, Gs Dieckmann, Dn Thomas, .. .., Walker O. Smith Jr., Et Al Jan 2012

Chlorophyll A In Antarctic Sea Ice From Historical Ice Core Data, Km Meiners, M Vancoppenolle, S Thanassekos, Gs Dieckmann, Dn Thomas, .. .., Walker O. Smith Jr., Et Al

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Sea ice core chlorophyll a data are used to describe the seasonal, regional and vertical distribution of algal biomass in Southern Ocean pack ice. The Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate - Biology (ASPeCt - Bio) circumpolar dataset consists of 1300 ice cores collected during 32 cruises over a period of 25 years. The analyses show that integrated sea ice chlorophyll a peaks in early spring and late austral summer, which is consistent with theories on light and nutrient limitation. The results indicate that on a circum-Antarctic scale, surface, internal and bottom sea ice layers contribute equally to integrated biomass, …