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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Description: We explore a parameterization for mesoscale turbulence, closely related to that of Gent and McWilliams, in which forcing terms proportional to the isopycnal flux of potential vorticity appear in the averaged momentum equations. We show that in the presence of variable bottom topography, the parameterization predicts alongslope mean flow and a corresponding upslope bolus (eddy) flux of tracer that is associated with an alongslope-directed bottom eddy stress. The upslope bolus flux is in qualitative agreement with observations of a cold dome over seamounts. The predicted alongslope flow corresponds to flow fields found in geostrophic turbulence experiments and has some similarity (although conceptually very different, as discussed in the text) to Holloway's prediction based on statistical mechanics. By considering continuous stratification as a limiting case of a multilayer model, we show how to treat the surface and bottom boundaries. Practical application of the parameterization is illustrated using a three-dimensional -coordinate ocean circulation model that is very similar to the Bryan–Cox–Semtner model. The model-computed flow is consistent with observations of anticyclonic flow around a seamount. We show that the bottom eddy stress associated with the parameterization can be large, even compared to the annual mean surface wind stress, and hence could have important implications for the biology and water mass distribution of the coastal ocean as well as for the large-scale ocean circulation. From the climate modelling perspective, the approach adopted here provides a single formalism that combines the advantages of the Gent and McWilliams parameterization with alongslope mean flow similar to that suggested by Holloway.
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Description: A geochemical survey of thermal waters collected from submarine vents at Panarea Island (Aeolian Islands, southern Italy) was carried out from December 2002 to March 2007, in order to investigate i) the geochemical processes controlling the chemical composition of the hydrothermal fluids and ii) the possible relations between the chemical features of the hydrothermal reservoir and the activity of the magmatic system. Compositional data of the thermal water samples were integrated in a hydrological conceptual model, which describes the formation of the vent fluid by mixing of seawater, seawater concentrated by boiling, and a deep, highly-saline end-member, whose composition is regulated by water-rock interactions at relatively high temperature and shows clear clues of magmatic-related inputs. The chemical composition of concentrated seawater was assumed to be represented by that of the water sample having the highest Mg content. The composition of the deep end-member was instead calculated by extrapolation assuming a zero-Mg end-member. The Na–K–Ca geothermometer, when applied to the thermal end-member composition, indicated an equilibrium temperature of approximately 300 °C, a temperature in agreement with the results obtained by gas-geothermometry.
    Description: Published
    Description: 246-254
    Description: 3V. Proprietà chimico-fisiche dei magmi e dei prodotti vulcanici
    Description: JCR Journal
    Description: reserved
    Keywords: low-pH waters; shallow submarine hydrothermal springs; Panarea Island ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.12. Fluid Geochemistry
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2024-04-25
    Description: Palaeoenvironmental records from permafrost sequences complemented by infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) and 230Th/U dates from Bol'shoy Lyakhovsky Island (73°20′N, 141°30′E) document the environmental history in the region for at least the past 200 ka. Pollen spectra and insect fauna indicate that relatively wet grasssedge tundra habitats dominated during an interstadial c. 200-170 ka BP. Summers were rather warm and wet, while stable isotopes reflect severe winter conditions. The pollen spectra reflect sparser grass-sedge vegetation during a Taz (Late Saalian) stage, c. 170-130 ka BP, with environmental conditions much more severe compared with the previous interstadial. Open Poaceae and Artemisia plant associations dominated vegetation at the beginning of the Kazantsevo (Eemian) c. 130 ka BP. Some shrubs (Alnus fruticosa, Salix, Betula nana) grew in more protected and wetter places as well. The climate was relatively warm during this time, resulting in the melting of Saalian ice wedges. Later, during the interglacial optimum, shrub tundra with Alnus fruticosa and Betula nana s.l. dominated vegetation. Climate was relatively wet and warm. Quantitative pollen-based climate reconstruction suggests that mean July temperatures were 4-5°C higher than the present during the optimum of the Eemian, while late Eemian records indicate significant climate deterioration. © 2004 Taylor & Francis.
    Repository Name: EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2024-01-07
    Description: Drift is a prominent parameter characterizing the Arctic sea ice cover that has a deep impact on the climate system. Hence it is a key issue to both the remote sensing as well as the modeling community, to provide reliable sea ice drift fields. This study focuses on the comparison of sea ice drift results from different sea ice‐ocean coupled models and the validation with observational data in the period 1979–2001. The models all take part in the Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP) and the observations are mainly based on satellite imagery. According to speed distributions, one class of models has a mode at drift speeds around 3 cm s −1 and a short tail toward higher speeds. Another class shows a more even frequency distribution with large probability of drift speeds of 10 to 20 cm s −1 . Observations clearly agree better with the first class of model results. Reasons for these differences are manifold and lie in discrepancies of wind stress forcing as well as sea ice model characteristics and sea ice‐ocean coupling. Moreover, we investigated the drift patterns of anticyclonic and cyclonic wind‐driven regimes. The models are capable of producing realistic drift pattern variability. The winter of 1994/1995 stands out because of its maximum in Fram Strait ice export. Although export estimates of some models agree with observations, the corresponding inner Arctic drift pattern is not reproduced. The reason for this is found in the wind‐forcing as well as in differences in ocean velocities.
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Description: Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) involves the capture of CO2 at a large industrial facility, such as a power plant, and its transport to a geological (or other) storage site where CO2 is sequestered. Previous work has identified pipeline transport of liquid CO2 as the most economical method of transport for large volumes of CO2. However, there is little published work on the economics of CO2 pipeline transport. The objective of this paper is to estimate total cost and the cost per tonne of transporting varying amounts of CO2 over a range of distances for different regions of the continental United States. An engineering-economic model of pipeline CO2 transport is developed for this purpose. The model incorporates a probabilistic analysis capability that can be used to quantify the sensitivity of transport cost to variability and uncertainty in the model input parameters. The results of a case study show a pipeline cost of US$ 1.16 per tonne of CO2 transported for a 100 km pipeline constructed in the Midwest handling 5 million tonnes of CO2 per year (the approximate output of an 800 MW coal-fired power plant with carbon capture). For the same set of assumptions, the cost of transport is US$ 0.39 per tonne lower in the Central US and US$ 0.20 per tonne higher in the Northeast US. Costs are sensitive to the design capacity of the pipeline and the pipeline length. For example, decreasing the design capacity of the Midwest US pipeline to 2 million tonnes per year increases the cost to US$ 2.23 per tonne of CO2 for a 100 km pipeline, and US$ 4.06 per tonne CO2 for a 200 km pipeline. An illustrative probabilistic analysis assigns uncertainty distributions to the pipeline capacity factor, pipeline inlet pressure, capital recovery factor, annual O&M cost, and escalation factors for capital cost components. The result indicates a 90% probability that the cost per tonne of CO2 is between US$ 1.03 and US$ 2.63 per tonne of CO2 transported in the Midwest US. In this case, the transport cost is shown to be most sensitive to the pipeline capacity factor and the capital recovery factor. The analytical model elaborated in this paper can be used to estimate pipeline costs for a broad range of potential CCS projects. It can also be used in conjunction with models producing more detailed estimates for specific projects, which requires substantially more information on site-specific factors affecting pipeline routing.
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2023-11-17
    Description: Structure and growth of the Izu‐Bonin‐Mariana arc crust: 1. Seismic constraint on crust and mantle structure of the Mariana arc–back‐arc system Narumi Takahashi Institute for Research on Earth Evolution Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology Kanagawa Japan Shuichi Kodaira Institute for Research on Earth Evolution Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology Kanagawa Japan Yoshiyuki Tatsumi Institute for Research on Earth Evolution Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology Kanagawa Japan Yoshiyuki Kaneda Institute for Research on Earth Evolution Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology Kanagawa Japan Kiyoshi Suyehiro Institute for Research on Earth Evolution Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology Kanagawa Japan A high‐resolution seismic velocity model is presented for the crust and upper mantle of the Mariana arc–back‐arc system (MABS) based on active source seismic profiling. The major characteristics are (1) slow mantle velocity of 〈8 km s −1 in the uppermost mantle, especially, and deep reflectors under the Mariana arc (MA) and the West Mariana Ridge (WMR), (2) a deep reflector in the upper mantle beneath the relative thick crust of the Mariana Trough (MT) axis, (3) distribution of lower‐velocity lower crusts (6.7–6.9 km s −1 ) beneath the volcanic front and adjacent to the MT, and (4) high‐velocity lower crust (7.2–7.4 km s −1 ) beneath the boundary regions between the MA and MT, and between the WMR and the Parece Vela Basin (PVB), adding to structural characteristics of crust and upper mantle beneath the MABS. Of the characteristics described above, characteristic 1 suggests that the origins of the slow mantle velocity and the deep reflectors be explained by transfer of the lower crustal residues to the upper mantle across the Moho, considering that the WMR is extinct arc currently. On the other hand, characteristic 2 suggests that the origin of deep reflectors beneath the MT axis might be lower velocity materials due to the diffractive signals with strong amplitudes, characteristic 3 suggests that the lower‐velocity lower crust advanced crustal growth and characteristic 4 suggests that the high‐velocity lower crust beneath arc–back‐arc transition zone is composed of mafic/ultramafic materials created by extensive partial melting of mantle peridotites or last stage of the arc magmatism rather than serpentinized peridotite.
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2023-11-08
    Description: On the Pacific margin off central Costa Rica, an anomalous lens-shaped zone is located between the overriding plate and the subducting oceanic lithosphere approximately 25 km landward of the deformation front. This feature was previously recognized in reflection seismic data when it was termed 'megalens'. Its origin and seismic velocity structure, however, could not unambiguously be derived from earlier studies. Therefore during RV SONNE cruise SO163, seismic wide-angle data were acquired in 2002 using closely spaced ocean bottom hydrophones and seismometers along two parallel strike and two parallel dip lines above the 'megalens', intersecting on the middle slope. The P-wave velocities and structure of the subducting oceanic Cocos Plate and overriding Caribbean Plate were determined by modelling the wide-angle seismic data in combination with the analysis of coincident reflection seismic data and the use of synthetic seismograms. The margin wedge is defined by high seismic velocities (4.3-6.1 km s(-1)) identified within a wedge-shaped body covered by a slope sediment drape. It is divided into two layers with different velocity gradients. The lower margin wedge is clearly constrained by decreasing velocities trenchward and terminates beneath the middle slope at the location of the 'megalens'. Seismic velocities of the 'megalens' are lower (3.8-4.3 km s(-1)) relative to the margin wedge. We propose that the 'megalens' represents hybrid material composed of subducted sediment and eroded fragments from the base of the upper plate. Upward-migrating overpressured fluids weaken the base of the margin wedge through hydrofracturing, thus causing material transfer from the upper plate to the lower plate. Results from amplitude modelling support that the 'megalens' observed off central Costa Rica is bound by a low-velocity zone documenting fluid drainage from the plate boundary to the upper plate.
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2023-11-08
    Description: The process of fluid release from the subducting slab beneath the Izu arc volcanic front (Izu VF) was examined by measuring B concentrations and B isotope ratios in the Neogene fallout tephra (ODP Site 782A). Both were measured by secondary ion mass spectrometry, in a subset of matrix glasses and glassy plagioclase-hosted melt inclusions selected from material previously analyzed for major and trace elements (glasses) and radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Nd, Pb; bulk tephra). These tephra glasses have high B abundances (∼10–60 ppm) and heavy δ11B values (+4.5‰ to +12.0‰), extending the previously reported range for Izu VF rocks (δ11B, +7.0‰ to +7.3‰). The glasses show striking negative correlations of δ11B with large ion lithophile element (LILE)/Nb ratios. These correlations cannot be explained by mixing two separate slab fluids, originating from the subducting sediment and the subducting basaltic crust, respectively (model A). Two alternative models (models B and C) are proposed. Model B proposes that the inverse correlations are inherited from altered oceanic crust (AOC), which shows a systematic decrease of B and LILE with increasing depth (from basaltic layer 2A to layer 3), paralleled by an increase in δ11B (from ∼+1‰ to +10‰ to +24‰). In this model, the contribution of sedimentary B is insignificant (〈4% of B in the Izu VF rocks). Model C explains the correlation as a mixture of a low-δ11B (∼+1‰) ‘composite’ slab fluid (a mixture of metasediment- and metabasalt-derived fluids) with a metasomatized mantle wedge containing elevated B (∼1–2 ppm) and heavy δ11B (∼+14‰). The mantle wedge was likely metasomatized by 11B-rich fluids beneath the outer forearc, and subsequently down dragged to arc front depths by the descending slab. Pb–B isotope systematics indicate that, at arc front depths, ∼53% of the B in the Izu VF is derived from the wedge. This implies that the heavy δ11B values of Izu VF rocks are largely a result of fluid fractionation, and do not reflect variations in slab source provenance (i.e. subducting sediment vs. basaltic crust). Since the B content of the peridotite at the outer forearc (7–58 ppm B, mean 24±16 ppm) is much higher than beneath the arc front (∼1–2 ppm B), the hydrated mantle wedge must have released a B-rich fluid on its downward path. This ‘wedge flux’ can explain (1) the across-arc decrease in B and δ11B (e.g. Izu, Kuriles), without requiring a progressive decrease in fluid flux from the subducting slab, and (2) the thermal structure of volcanic arcs, as reflected in the B and δ11B variations of volcanic arc rocks.
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2023-09-21
    Description: Three pockmarks named "Hydrate Hole", "Black Hole", and "Worm Hole" were studied in the northern Congo Fan area at water depths around 3100 m. The cross-disciplinary investigations include seafloor observations by TV-sled, sampling by TV-guided grab and multicorer as well as gravity coring, in addition to hydroacoustic mapping by a swath system, a parametric sediment echosounder and a deep-towed sidescan sonar. The pockmarks are morphologically complex features consisting of one or more up to 1000 m wide and 10-15 m deep depressions revealed by swath-mapping. High reflection amplitudes in the sediment echosounder records indicate the presence of a 25-30 m thick shallow sediment section with gas hydrates, which have been recovered by gravity corer. Hydrates, chemosynthetic communities, and authigenic carbonates clearly indicate fluid flow from depths, which we propose to be mainly in the form of ascending gas bubbles rather than advection of methane-rich porewater. Evidence for seepage at the seafloor is confined to small areas within the seafloor depressions and was revealed by characteristic backscatter facies. Small meter-scale sized depressions signified as "pits" exist in or close to the pockmarks but seafloor observations did not reveal evidence for the presence of typical seep organisms or authigenic carbonates. Areas of intermediate back-scatter were inhabited by vesicomyid clams in soft sediments. High backscatter was associated with vestimentiferan tubeworms (Siboglinidae) and authigenic carbonates. We discuss the three different environments "pits", "vesicomyid clams", "vestimentifera/carbonate" in the light of differences in the geochemical setting. Pits are probably formed by escaping gas bubbles but seepage is too transient to sustain chemosynthetic life. Vesicomyid clams are present in sediments with gas hydrate deposits. However, the hydrates occur several meters below the surface indicating a lower flux compared to the vestimentifera/carbonate environment. In the latter environment, accumulated carbonates and clam shells indicate that fine grained particles have been eroded away. Gas hydrates were found in this environment at depths below about 50 cm suggesting the highest supply with methane compared to the other environments. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2023-09-07
    Description: Fluorescence derivatization provides a means of tracing the dynamics of polysaccharides even in the presence of high concentrations of other organic compounds or salts. A method of labeling polysaccharides with fluoresceinamine was extended to polysaccharides of a wide range of chemical composition, and alternative means of preparation were established for polysaccharides not initially amenable to column chromatography. The polysaccharides were activated with cyanogen bromide, coupled to fluoresceinamine, and separated from unreacted fluorophore via gel filtration chromatography or dialysis. Since the resulting derivatized polysaccharides proved to be stable to further physical and chemical manipulation, methods were also developed for re-activation and labeling with a second fluorophore, as well as for tethering the labeled polysaccharides to agarose beads. As an example of the application of this approach, five distinct fluorescently-labeled polysaccharides (pullulan, laminarin, xylan, chondroitin sulfate, and alginic acid) were used to investigate the activities and structural specificities of extracellular enzymes produced in situ by marine microbial communities, providing a means of measuring specifically the activities of endo-acting extracellular enzymes and avoiding use of low molecular mass substrate proxies. These labeled polysaccharides could be used to explore the dynamics of polysaccharides in other types of complex media, as well as to investigate the activities and specificities of endo-acting enzymes in other systems.
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