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Sediment Budget in the Taiwan Strait with High Fluvial Sediment Inputs from Mountainous Rivers: New Observations and Synthesis

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2008
The shallow Taiwan Strait at the southern opening of the East China Sea (ECS) receives abundant sediments from turbid mountainous rivers in Taiwan. The volume of sediment is among the highest sediment yields on the global surface.
Shuh-Ji Kao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Chikyu and Ocean Drilling Science [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC), 2006
The construction of a Deep Sea Drilling Vessel, the Chikyu began in April 2001 and was completed in the summer of 2005 [Taira, 2005]. The Chkyu is a 210 meter-long vessel, with a gross tonnage of 57,087 tons, and a drilling derrick standing 121 m above sea level.
Asahiko Taira   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Ocean Economics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Supply and demand is alive and well on the high seas. Just ask Finn McMichael ’16. He spent the summer putting his economics and math skills to work during an internship at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, part of the National Marine Fisheries ...
Davis, Laura
core   +1 more source

Heterostructure‐Specific Toughening Mechanisms in Metallic Laminates

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study highlights how various aspects of the heterostructural design of metallic laminates can be specifically tailored to achieve improved fracture resistance for damage‐tolerant designs of cyclically stressed components. Based on results from in situ fatigue crack growth tests, a comprehensive overview of the formation and development of ...
Philip Manuel Pohl   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean science in the NRC

open access: yesEos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1983
Oceanographers all share an interest in the environment and want to make progress understanding it. To make progress in this and in other aspects of our science we need a steady influx of young scientists, better ways of observing and computing, and new ideas about how things work.
openaire   +2 more sources

Hydrodynamic provinces and oceanic connectivity from a transport network help designing marine reserves [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Oceanic dispersal and connectivity have been identified as crucial factors for structuring marine populations and designing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Hernández-García, Emilio   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Is Young's Modulus a Critical Coating Property Determining Fouling‐Release Performance of Marine Coatings?

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The release of foulers from protective marine coatings is determined by several interrelated material properties, including the strength of Young's modulus, the flexibility of chain segments, the surface free energy, and the magnitude of hydrodynamic stress.
Johann C. Schaal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Groundwater Diffuse Recharge and its Response to Climate Changes in Semi-Arid Northwestern China

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
Understanding the processes and rates of groundwater recharge in arid and semi-arid areas is crucial for utilizing and managing groundwater resources sustainably.
Lin Deng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Open Science for a Healthy Ocean

open access: yes, 2022
A lightning presentation for the first Stanford Oceans conference, "Harnessing Data and Technology for a Healthy Ocean," held on November 18-19 focused on the benefits of open science.
openaire   +2 more sources

ENSO suppression due to weakening of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Changes of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) excite wave patterns that readjust the thermocline globally. This paper examines the impact of a freshwater-induced THC shutdown on the depth of the Pacific thermocline and its subsequent ...
An, S.-I.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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