Scientific Reports Earth Sciences Table of Contents e-alert: June 2013

03 June 2013      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports                 Nature Geoscience web focus: 5 years after the Wenchuan Earthquake The Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 killed more than 80,000 people and displaced millions. The most recent quake in April 2013 wreaked further havoc in the region. This web focus discusses the mechanisms for the Wenchuan quake and the implications for our understanding of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, the on-going risk from quake-induced landslides, and the societal impacts. Free online to registered nature.com users until 31 October 2013. Produced with support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China                 Earth & Environmental Sciences               Man made deltas ▶     Vittorio Maselli, Fabio Trincardi     The review of geochronological and historical data documents that the largest southern European deltas formed almost synchronously during two short intervals of enhanced anthropic …             Filling the gaps of dinosaur eggshell phylogeny: Late Jurassic Theropod clutch with embryos from Portugal ▶     Ricardo Araújo, Rui Castanhinha, Rui M. S. Martins et al.     The non-avian saurischians that have associated eggshells and embryos are represented only by the sauropodomorph Massospondylus and Coelurosauria (derived theropods), thus missing …             Hadal disturbance in the Japan Trench induced by the 2011 Tohoku–Oki Earthquake ▶     Kazumasa Oguri, Kiichiro Kawamura, Arito Sakaguchi et al.     In situ video observations and sediment core samplings were performed at two hadal sites in the Japan Trench on July, 2011, four months after the Tohoku–Oki earthquake. Video …             Late Jurassic ocean anoxic event: evidence from voluminous sulphide deposition and preservation in the Panthalassa ▶     Tatsuo Nozaki, Yasuhiro Kato, Katsuhiko Suzuki     The historically productive copper-bearing Besshi-type sulphide deposits in the Japanese accretionary complex were formed as volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits on the deep-sea …             Only 5 southern Greenland shelf edge glaciations since the early Pliocene ▶     Tove Nielsen, Antoon Kuijpers     Much uncertainty exists about the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS), particularly as to the frequency of extreme shelf edge glaciations. Because the last glaciation removed …             A Novel Electrochemical Membrane Bioreactor as a Potential Net Energy Producer for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment ▶     Yun-Kun Wang, Guo-Ping Sheng, Bing-Jing Shi et al.     One possible way to address both water and energy shortage issues, the two of major global challenges, is to recover energy and water resource from wastewater. Herein, a novel …             Long term geological record of a global deep subsurface microbial habitat in sand injection complexes ▶     John Parnell, Adrian J. Boyce, Andrew Hurst et al.     There is extensive evidence from drilling into continental margins for microbial colonization of a deep biosphere. However it is difficult to prove deep biosphere activity in the …             Polyethyleneimine Incorporated Metal-Organic Frameworks Adsorbent for Highly Selective CO2 Capture ▶     Yichao Lin, Qiuju Yan, Chunlong Kong et al.     A series of polyethyleneimine (PEI) incorporated MIL-101 adsorbents with different PEI loadings were reported for the first time in the present work. Although the surface area and …             Can we identify source lithology of basalt? ▶     Zong-Feng Yang, Jun-Hong Zhou     The nature of source rocks of basaltic magmas plays a fundamental role in understanding the composition, structure and evolution of the solid earth. However, identification of …             Citizen Science Provides Valuable Data for Monitoring Global Night Sky Luminance ▶     Christopher C. M. Kyba, Janna M. Wagner, Helga U. Kuechly et al.     The skyglow produced by artificial lights at night is one of the most dramatic anthropogenic modifications of Earth's biosphere. The GLOBE at Night citizen science project allows …             Acoustic-Friction Networks and the Evolution of Precursor Rupture Fronts in Laboratory Earthquakes ▶     H. O. Ghaffari, R. P. Young     The evolution of shear rupture fronts in laboratory earthquakes is analysed with the corresponding functional networks, constructed over acoustic emission friction-patterns. We …             Slow earthquakes associated with fault healing on a serpentinized plate interface ▶     Ikuo Katayama, Mutsumi Iwata, Keishi Okazaki et al.     Slow earthquakes that occur at subduction zones are distinct from regular earthquakes in terms of their slip behavior. We consider this difference to relate to localized hydration …             Formation of the world's largest REE deposit through protracted fluxing of carbonatite by subduction-derived fluids ▶     Ming-Xing Ling, Yu-Long Liu, Ian S. Williams et al.     Rare Earth Elements (REE) are essential to modern society but the origins of many large REE deposits remain unclear. The U-Th-Pb ages, chemical compositions and C, O and Mg …             Bivalve network reveals latitudinal selectivity gradient at the end-Cretaceous mass extinction ▶     Daril A. Vilhena, Elisha B. Harris, Carl T. Bergstrom et al.     Biogeographic patterns of survival help constrain the causal factors responsible for mass extinction. To test whether biogeography influenced end-Cretaceous (K-Pg) extinction …             Evidence of a large cooling between 1690 and 1740 AD in southern Africa ▶     H. S. Sundqvist, K. Holmgren, J. Fohlmeister et al.     A 350-year-long, well-dated δ18O stalagmite record from the summer rainfall region in South Africa is positively correlated with regional air surface temperatures at interannual …             Climate variability and outbreaks of infectious diseases in Europe ▶     Serge Morand, Katharine A. Owers, Agnes Waret-Szkuta et al.     Several studies provide evidence of a link between vector-borne disease outbreaks and El Niño driven climate anomalies. Less investigated are the effects of the North Atlantic …             High risk of extinction of benthic foraminifera in this century due to ocean acidification ▶     S. Uthicke, P. Momigliano, K. E. Fabricius     Increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations lead to decreased pH and carbonate availability in the ocean (Ocean Acidification, OA). Carbon dioxide seeps serve as ‘windows into the …             Coralline algal Barium as indicator for 20th century northwestern North Atlantic surface ocean freshwater variability ▶     S. Hetzinger, J. Halfar, T. Zack et al.     During the past decades climate and freshwater dynamics in the northwestern North Atlantic have undergone major changes. Large-scale freshening episodes, related to polar …             Relationship between container ship underwater noise levels and ship design, operational and oceanographic conditions ▶     Megan F. McKenna, Sean M. Wiggins, John A. Hildebrand     Low-frequency ocean ambient noise is dominated by noise from commercial ships, yet understanding how individual ships contribute deserves further investigation. This study …                         Scientific Reports is accepting submissions from all scientific fields. 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