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{"title":"Twenty years of MSPs: Technologies and Perspectives","authors":"David McInroy","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107403","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107403","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mission-Specific Platforms (MSPs) have been important members of the scientific ocean drilling family for two decades, operating alongside their impressive siblings <em>JOIDES Resolution</em> and <em>D/V Chikyu</em>. Over this time, 10 MSP expeditions were implemented in 7 different oceans and seas. These MSPs capitalised on alternative platforms and methods, and enabled the scientific community to access new geographical areas and new geological targets that could not be drilled by the <em>JOIDES Resolution</em> or <em>Chikyu</em>. Offshore heave-compensated wireline coring, onshore-mining-style wireline coring, remote seafloor drilling and giant piston coring have all featured on MSP expeditions. Equally diverse were the environments in which these technologies were deployed, from the ice-covered Arctic Ocean to the tropical seas of the Great Barrier Reef, and from the shallow waters of the Yucatan shelf to the ultra-deep hadal depths of the Japan Trench. In this paper we reflect on the diverse technologies of MSPs, how they increased scientific ocean drilling capability in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (2003−2013) and International Ocean Discovery Program (2013–2024), and the scientific achievements that they enabled.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107403"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Drowned barriers and valleys: A morphological archive of base level changes in the western South Atlantic","authors":"Antonio R. Ximenes Neto ,&nbsp;Valéria S. Quaresma ,&nbsp;Pedro S. Menandro ,&nbsp;Paulo H. Cetto ,&nbsp;Alex C. Bastos","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107404","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107404","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drowned paleo-coastal and fluvial landforms preserved on continental shelves are important indicators of sea-level changes during the Quaternary. Morphological analyses of paleo-coastal and fluvial submerged features using multibeam bathymetry as basic datasets, were carried out on the Southeast Brazilian Shelf. The aim was to investigate the interaction between incised valleys and submerged barriers and their temporal relationship. Six partially infilled incised valleys with sinuous and meandering features, and up to ∼40 m of fluvial incision were observed, including several morphologies associated with meanders (e.g., point bars, neck, cut-bank). Paleo-coastal features, mainly related to barriers, were found at four depth ranges (DR) in a dip orientation: DR1 (&gt;60 m); DR2 (55 m–60 m); DR3 (50 m–55 m); DR4 (45 m–50 m). The geomorphic results show that valleys and coastal barriers coexisted and that lower and narrower barriers tend to occur near the shelf break. Preliminary geomorphic evolution between incised valleys and coastal barriers encompasses two possible origins: I) paleo-coastal features of DR 2–4 developed during the interstadial fluctuations of sea-level in MIS 3–5 and/or multiple genetic phases with different base level cycles. The valleys had two phases of incisions related to the base level drop below the shelf break: MIS 4 in the shallow incisions (terraces) and MIS 2 in the main incisions. Moreover, the development of DR 1 was related to the post-LGM base level rise; II) All submerged coastal (DR 1–4) and fluvial features developed during post-LGM base level rise (i.e., fluvial and coastal dynamics in the same cycle of base level change). The multiple phases of base-level changes inducing phases of valley incisions and barrier formation is more likely the be a better explanation. From this perspective, geochronological studies using sedimetary cores in the paleo-coastal and fluvial features are crucial to validate these scenarios, and thus contributing to fill knowledge gaps regarding morphosedimentary responses to base-level changes on the western Atlantic margin.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142327705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Morphological evidence of an explosive eruption event in October 2023 at Sofu Seamount in the Izu-Bonin Arc","authors":"Hiroki Minami ,&nbsp;Kenichiro Tani","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107405","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107405","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sofu Seamount is one of the poorly studied submarine edifices in the Izu-Bonin Arc. There is no known historical record of volcanic activity, thus its eruptive history and volcanic features are completely unknown. However, on October 9, 2023, at least 14 &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;-phases originating near Sofu Seamount were observed. An 80 km-long raft of floating pumice was observed off Sofu Seamount on October 20. These spatially and temporally coherent observations indicate that an eruption occurred from a deep seafloor vent somewhere near Sofu Seamount. In order to investigate the origin of this submarine eruption, we collected new bathymetric data in 2024 and compared it with older bathymetric data collected in 2022, 2007 and 1987. The bathymetric comparison revealed evidence for explosive eruptions at Sofu Seamount between 2022 and 2024. During this time, a crater, 1.6 km wide and 400 m deep, was formed at the pre-existing central cone on the western part of Sofu Seamount, whose pre-eruption summit depth was 737 m. The maximum negative depth change was 451 m and a volume of 430 × 10&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt; m&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; was removed due to the crater formation. A dome-like structure, 1 km wide and 100 m high was constructed northeast of the crater, part of which collapsed as a result of the crater formation. The volcanic products were transported over 6 km downslope and emplaced on the adjacent seafloor where positive depth changes up to 75 m were observed. Landslides also occurred around the crater. The largest slide on the northern flank formed a slide scar that is 3.8 km long and 1 km wide. Here, the maximum negative depth change was 148 m and 140 × 10&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt; m&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; of material was removed. The slide materials were deposited downslope where positive depth changes up to 61 m were observed. Considering the occurrence of the earthquake swarm on October 2–8, 2023 and &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt;-phase swarm on October 9, the timing of the eruption can be constrained within October 2023.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;An analysis of volcanic and tectonic morphology reveals a distinct tectonic influence on volcanism at Sofu Seamount. Sofu Seamount is located in a back-arc rift zone where the N–S trending Torishima and Sofu Rifts have formed. The new bathymetric data showed that the rifts have an asymmetric structure and can be divided into two segments, which are identified here as inner and outer rifts. The inner rifts are bounded by steeper fault scarps that have experienced more subsidence than the outer rifts. The western part of Sofu Seamount, where the eruption occurred, is located within the inner rifts, and is heavily dissected by rifting-related normal faults, while the eastern part is located outward of the inner rifts and is not dissected by faults. The October earthquake swarm was more concentrated in the area of the inner rifts and some large earthquakes showed normal fault focal mechanisms with a tension axis approximately in E–W direction. Our morphological observations comb","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107405"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Storm-Driven Tree Exposure and Geomorphic Change: Predicting the Distribution of Preserved Late Pleistocene Tree Stumps on the Outer Alabama Continental Shelf","authors":"Kelli L. Moran ,&nbsp;Kehui Xu ,&nbsp;Jeffrey Obelcz ,&nbsp;Kristine L. DeLong ,&nbsp;Kendall Fontenot ,&nbsp;Carl A. Reese ,&nbsp;Grant L. Harley ,&nbsp;Douglas Jones ,&nbsp;Alicia Caporaso","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107402","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107402","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Alabama Underwater or Drowned Forest is a well-preserved Late Pleistocene (dated to 72–56 ± 8 ka, 2σ) terrestrial landform on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf that provides geomorphic and ecosystem information rarely preserved during the glacial intervals. Stumps of bald cypress (<em>Taxodium distichum</em> (L.) Rich.) trees were exposed in ∼18 m of water following Hurricane Ivan in 2004. This research investigates geomorphic changes to the Mississippi-Alabama-Florida (MAFLA) sand sheet, which presents as shore-oblique Holocene sand ridges, and the exposure and burial of tree stumps following the passage of Hurricane Sally in 2020 using repeat sidescan and bathymetric surveys (2015–2016 and 2021). Using two newly identified tree exposure areas and their geological properties, this research also hypothesized a new location where tree stumps may be outcropping. The bathymetry indicates regions with up to ∼1 m of erosion and deposition over the five years between the two surveys. Similarly, the sidescan sonar indicates changes in the location and numbers of exposed tree stumps as well as between 47,000 and 62,500 tons of sediment erosion within the study area following Hurricane Sally. The 2015 and 2016 data found 25 tree contacts whereas the 2021 survey found 76 tree contacts and only 5 of them occurred in both surveys suggesting the tree exposures are dynamic and presumably changing with the passing of large tropical cyclones. Additionally, the hypothesized exposure location had 26 newly identified tree stump contacts within a mixed texture unit along the sand-mud boundary, confirming our understanding of the geomorphic characteristics leading to the exposure of the buried forest. This research will expand the potential areas for investigations into Late Pleistocene ecosystems and landforms and their associated climatic and ecologic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico as well as in other passive continental margins.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107402"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142357014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Formation and preservation mechanisms of magnetofossils in the surface sediments of muddy areas in the ye llow and Bohai Seas, China","authors":"XingZe Zhang ,&nbsp;YongHong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107401","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107401","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Magnetofossils in the continental shelf sediments of the Yellow and Bohai Seas have long been overlooked. Based on the magnetic results of 88 surface sediments (0–10 cm depth), first-order reversal curve (FORC) diagrams, isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM) acquisition curves from 6 representative samples, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations of 2 samples, the formation and preservation mechanisms of magnetofossils in this region are elucidated. The FORC diagrams consistently show a clear central ridge feature, which indicates the presence of intact magnetofossils in all representative samples. The morphologies observed by TEM are primarily equant and elongated, with minimal or no bullet-shaped (magnetite) magnetofossils. Analysis further reveals a widespread distribution of magnetofossils in the mud areas of the Bohai Sea, North Yellow Sea, and South Yellow Sea, with proportions (contribution to SIRM; SIRM is defined as the remanent magnetization that remains constant as the external magnetic field increases) of &lt;32.5 %, 40.9 % ∼ 44.6 %, and 59.9 % ∼ 66.5 %, respectively. Despite the presence of non-biogenic single domain magnetite, the proportion of magnetofossils can be estimated by the χ_ARM/SIRM value, as they are positively correlated. The surface sedimentary environment of these mud areas is primarily suboxic and characterized by abundant dissolved iron, which facilitate the formation of magnetofossils by magnetotactic bacteria (MTB). It is unlikely that the surface sedimentary environment becomes sulphidic, thereby enabling the preservation of magnetofossils after their formation. The redox state of the study area, crucial for magnetofossil formation, is mainly controlled by the total organic carbon (TOC) content. From north to south, the higher proportion of magnetofossils is coupled with higher TOC content, possibly due to the intensified reducing degree of the suboxic environment, promoting MTB proliferation and thus forming more magnetofossils. The mechanisms governing the formation and preservation of magnetofossils proposed in this study may also be applicable to geological records.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107401"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142271103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Geological and oceanographic constrains on the deposit of ferromanganese nodules on the archipelagic aprons of seamounts","authors":"Pengfei Yao ,&nbsp;Huaiming Li ,&nbsp;Xiao Wang ,&nbsp;Feiyang Zhu ,&nbsp;Jihao Zhu ,&nbsp;Shihui Lv ,&nbsp;Yanhui Dong ,&nbsp;Weiyan Zhang ,&nbsp;Yuntian Pang ,&nbsp;Fengyou Chu","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107400","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107400","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The archipelagic aprons of the large deep-sea seamounts of the northwestern Pacific Ocean (NWPO) show potential areas for significant reserves of ferromanganese nodules (FMNs). This study used datasets such as depth, backscatter intensity (BI), and optical coverage in conjunction with mineralogical, element geochemical, Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic, and chronological analyses of FMNs of the Suda Guyot (SG), which was located on the central area of the Marcus-Wake seamounts, in the NWPO. The results indicated a Y-shaped distribution of the deposit on the northern apron of the SG. Landslides predated the mineralization processes of the FMN deposit, and the ubiquitous channels in the apron had largely minimal influence on the distribution of nodules. Current mineralization of the deposit has been ongoing for ∼10 Myrs. Continuous weakening of the Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) resulted in a gradual decrease in bottom water oxygen contents around the SG. This in turn resulted in a decrease in cryptocrystalline Fe-vernadite (δ-MnO₂) and elemental contents associated with δ-MnO₂ of FMNs, such as Mo, Te, and Tl. Meanwhile, the contribution of Asian dust to the study area increased, leading to increased Fe, which in turn increased amorphous ferrihydrite (FeOOH), and FeOOH-associated elements such as Ti, Pb, and Th. Productivity gradually increased to its peak value around 4–5 Myrs ago, leading to similar trends in REY, Ba, and U. REY contents exhibited a certain correlation with water depth around the SG. The results of this study suggest that the Carbonate Compensation Depth (CCD) variation resulted in higher content of REY of the FMNs in the shallower apron.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107400"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of liquefaction in the evolution of shallow submarine canyon heads from a geotechnical perspective: A case study of the Garrucha Canyon (SE Mediterranean)","authors":"J. Nespereira ,&nbsp;D. Casas ,&nbsp;M. Yenes ,&nbsp;S. Monterrubio ,&nbsp;D. Casalbore ,&nbsp;N. López-González ,&nbsp;B. Alonso ,&nbsp;M.E Martín ,&nbsp;R. Ruiz ,&nbsp;A. Tijera ,&nbsp;S. Lafuerza ,&nbsp;J. Llopart","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107397","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107397","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work aims to establish the role of liquefaction in a shallow submarine environment defined by a canyon head reaching the coast. The study area is the Garrucha submarine canyon head, which is located in the western Mediterranean Sea.</div><div>The potential of liquefaction is approached empirically by two methods in parallel, undrained cyclic direct simple shear (UCDSS) test and piezocone penetration test (CPTu) analyses. For both approaches, considering the regional earthquake records, a cyclic load linked to Mw ≤ 6.5 earthquake events or a maximum ground surface acceleration a_max of 0.25 g is considered.</div><div>The sediment samples analysed are nonplastic sands with low silt/clay contents and can be defined as liquefiable. Geotechnical analysis reveals a high probability of triggering liquefaction in this kind of sediment at depths greater than 3 m below the seafloor. CPTu records are used to assess and improve the liquefaction model for the study area by defining 3 different stratigraphic configurations or liquefiable conditions: uniformly liquefiable, interbedded liquifiable and nonliquefiable.</div><div>This work highlights the importance of liquefaction—a process normally underestimated in submarine environments—in the downslope transport of sediment from the upper part of a canyon and, more generally, in canyon head evolution with different potential morphosedimentary consequences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107397"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Late Holocene evolution of the Adra Delta subaqueous system (Northern Alboran Sea): Seismic-stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence of millennial scale climatic and anthropic effects","authors":"P. Bárcenas ,&nbsp;F.J. Lobo ,&nbsp;L.M. Fernández-Salas ,&nbsp;I. Mendes ,&nbsp;N. López-González ,&nbsp;J. Macías","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107386","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107386","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The formation and development of a small Mediterranean deltaic system are investigated through a primary seismic stratigraphic interpretation of a high-resolution seismic profile network, combined with multiple bathymetric data (including multibeam bathymetric imagery) and collated with shallow sediment cores collected with a vibro-corer device.</p><p>The submarine delta of the Adra River is divided into a basal patchy seismic unit and five wedge-shaped younger seismic units that are related to the Holocene highstand stabilization. Limited age control indicates that the two uppermost seismic units are very recent, most likely related to a dearth of fluvial fluxes led by channel deviations and by sediment retention. The formation of the three older seismic units is correlated to three humid periods during the Middle Holocene, Late Holocene and Little Ice Age, under a general context of progressive aridification of southeastern Iberia.</p><p>The stacking patterns and spatial distribution of individual seismic units document a history of episodic progradation of successive prodeltaic lobes, with a long-term evolution mediated by climatically-induced changes in the river basin and more recent anthropogenic interventions. Overall, the subaqueous deltaic system registers the complete modification of a deltaic system that evolves from a fluvial-dominated delta to recent wave-dominated wedges. In between, the deltaic system exhibits a progressive asymmetric character, due to the instauration of Atlantic waters on the shelf and their subsequent eastward redistribution. The Adra deltaic system is proposed as an outstanding example of a small deltaic system that reacts almost immediately to the complex interaction between natural changes in the system and anthropogenic interventions in the drainage basin.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107386"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322724001701/pdfft?md5=43d32b4fb917309ad1c5c872018eded5&pid=1-s2.0-S0025322724001701-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142117677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estuarine dams and weirs: Global analysis and synthesis","authors":"Steven M. Figueroa ,&nbsp;Minwoo Son","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107388","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107388","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Estuarine dams and weirs are constructed in estuaries for reasons such as blocking the salt intrusion, securing freshwater, and stabilizing upstream water levels. While they can provide many social benefits, they can also alter estuarine physical and sedimentary processes. How this occurs and their relative importance to global estuaries and deltas are not well understood. To address this, we perform and extensive remote sensing and literature analysis. Remote sensing was conducted based on a global river database of 1531 rivers representing the largest rivers cumulatively draining 85 % of the landmass discharging into the global ocean. It was found that 9.7 % of global estuaries and deltas are currently affected by estuarine dams or weirs acting as the upstream limit of salt, tide, or storm surge intrusion. If we include supplementary examples, overall 220 estuaries with estuarine dams or weirs were identified and confirmed by literature review. These structures are found worldwide and are prominent in developed or developing countries in Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. The number of estuarine dams and weirs has increased rapidly since the 1800s with a peak in construction rate in the 1970s, particularly due to construction in Asia. Estuarine dams and weirs are found at the river mouths of both small and large watersheds. Most of these estuarine structures are located at <em>x</em> = 0–100 km inland from the mouth and their discharge intervals can be continuous, daily – weekly, seasonal, or interannual. Based on a quantified classification by geomorphology, estuarine dams and weirs are found most in river mouths which are wave-dominated followed by tide-dominated and then river-dominated. Estuarine dams and weirs can cause significant changes to the quantity and timing of freshwater discharge, tides, stratification, turbidity, sedimentation, oxygen conditions, phytoplankton blooms, and fish migration. We synthesize this current knowledge on estuarine dams and weirs and propose a conceptual model for physical and geomorphological change in mixed wave- and river-dominated and tide-dominated estuaries with estuarine dams.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107388"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142117261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Japan Trench event stratigraphy: First results from IODP giant piston coring in a deep-sea trench to advance subduction zone paleoseismology","authors":"Michael Strasser ,&nbsp;Ken Ikehara ,&nbsp;Charlotte Pizer ,&nbsp;Takuya Itaki ,&nbsp;Yasufumi Satoguchi ,&nbsp;Arata Kioka ,&nbsp;Cecilia McHugh ,&nbsp;Jean-Noel Proust ,&nbsp;Derek Sawyer","doi":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107387","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107387","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 386, Japan Trench Paleoseismology, represents the first utilization of giant piston coring (GPC) within scientific ocean research drilling. This allowed for a Mission Specific Platform (MSP) multi-site, multi-hole, shallow subsurface coring in an ultra-deep water subduction zone trench. The primary objective of the expedition was to investigate the concept of submarine paleoseismology in the Japan Trench, which involves studying long-term records of deposits in the deep sea that can provide insights into past earthquake events. In this paper, we compile and interpret initial shipboard data and results to (1) establish first-order event stratigraphic correlation of thick event beds (&gt; 50 cm in thickness) between sites, (2) test previously published event-stratigraphic predictions of earthquake-related event deposits as proposed based on high-resolution hydro-acoustic subbottom profiler (SBP) data, and (3) derive SBP-scale event deposits age estimates to (4) discuss the advantages and limitations of giant piston coring for scientific drilling operations and the potential of new event stratigraphy results for advancing submarine paleoseismology.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The findings of the study identified a total of 77 SBP-scale event beds across 15 sites along a trench-parallel transect spanning over 600 km. These event beds exhibit clear expressions in SBP data, with approximately 49 % matching precisely with SBP units previously identified by Kioka et al. (2019a). For the remaining 51 % of SBP-scale event beds, thin, acoustically-transparent bodies were observed between high-amplitude horizons, for which SBP-based seismic interpretation alone would not be definitive. Consequently, the study concluded that the SBP-scale event-stratigraphy observed in IODP 386 cores validates the event-bed mapping conducted by Kioka et al. (2019a) and improves SBP interpretation for event beds in the 0.5 to 1 m thickness range.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The initial age constraints obtained from shipboard radiolarian biostratigraphy enable us to provide rough estimates of event ages by linearly interpolating between previously dated events occurring less than 2000 years ago and a datum around 11,000 years ago reported in four boreholes from trench basins in the Southern, Central, and Northern Japan Trench. Inter-site stratigraphic correlation reveals distinct SBP-scale event stratigraphies for the trench segments located to the north and south of the structurally complex “boundary area” at approximately 39.3–39.4°N, which is hypothesized to potentially act as a persistent rupture barrier for megathrust earthquakes. We observe more frequent but thinner event deposits in the Southern and Central Japan Trench, and fewer but thicker event beds in the Northern Japan Trench. This spatial variation may be related to the different seismogenic behavior of the various asperities along the Japan Trench megathrust and/or to differences in the re","PeriodicalId":18229,"journal":{"name":"Marine Geology","volume":"477 ","pages":"Article 107387"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322724001713/pdfft?md5=d03d19c4e61e7ab4cd3d6d8bea12134d&pid=1-s2.0-S0025322724001713-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142150744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}