Global variation of seismic energy release with oceanic lithosphere age
Variations in Mid Ocean Ridge seismicity with age provide a new tool to understand the thermal evolution of the oceanic lithosphere. The sum of seismic energy released by earthquakes during a time, and for an area, is proportional to its lithospheric age.
Nicolás Pinzón, Carlos A. Vargas
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Near-axis seamounts as probes of mantle melting at the East Pacific Rise [PDF]
Understanding how melts are generated and focused from the upper mantle to mid-ocean ridges is imperative to understanding how the majority of Earths lithosphere is formed.
Hunt, Ashly M.
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Heat and Cold Waves in Brazil: An ERA5‐Based Analysis of Trends and Seasonality (1980–2024)
This study uses ERA5 reanalysis data to assess changes in extreme heat and cold events across Brazil from 1980 to 2024. Results reveal a sharp increase in heatwave frequency and a general decline in coldwave occurrences, though regional variations are substantial.
Alindomar Lacerda Silva, Scott Sheridan
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Seamounts and oceanic igneous features in the NE Atlantic: a link between plate motions and mantle dynamics [PDF]
A new regional compilation of seamount-like oceanic igneous features (SOIFs) in the NE Atlantic points to three distinct oceanic areas of abundant seamount clusters.
Blischke, Anett +4 more
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The IceShark, an effective method for sampling plankton under sea ice
Abstract Seasonal sea ice plays a crucial role in shaping coastal ecosystem dynamics throughout the circumpolar region. Of particular interest to oceanographers is the ice‐ocean interface which functions as a multidimensional habitat, supporting both sympagic algae and pelagic phytoplankton in the under‐ice surface waters.
Eleanor A. Barry +4 more
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Partial melting beneath a mid‐ocean ridge creates a chemically depleted layer in the uppermost mantle. This chemical depletion lowers the density of the lithosphere compared with the unmelted mantle.
M. Morishige
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Patterns of Life on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Compiling What is Known and Addressing Future Research [PDF]
The South Atlantic is one of the youngest of all the major oceans. It has prominent topographic features, in particular, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This feature largely determines deepwater circulation patterns that connect this ocean to the North Atlantic,
José Angel A. Perez +6 more
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Windows of opportunity in subseasonal weather regime forecasting: A statistical–dynamical approach
This study explores how the atmospheric state at initialisation creates windows of opportunity for improving week 3 forecasts of weather regime activity. Greenland blocking activity increases following Madden–Julian Oscillation phases 7, 8, and 1 and weak stratospheric polar vortex states, revealing patterns exploitable by statistical models.
Fabian Mockert +3 more
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The Prediction, Verification, and Significance of Flank Jets at Mid-Ocean Ridges [PDF]
One aspect of ocean flow over mid-ocean ridges that has escaped much attention is the capacity of a ridge to convert oscillatory flows into unidirectional flows.
J. William Lavelle +4 more
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Water-rich basalts at mid-ocean-ridge cold spots [PDF]
Although water is only present in trace amounts in the suboceanic upper mantle, it is thought to play a significant role in affecting mantle viscosity, melting and the generation of crust at mid-ocean ridges. The concentration of water in oceanic basalts
Bonatti, Enrico +3 more
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