Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Bathymetric Map of the Arctic Ocean ( NOAA , Link ) New!   A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield (YANG et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25027-2 _______ Competing effects of spreading rate, crystal fractionation and source variability on Fe isotope systematics in mid-ocean ridge lavas (RICHTER et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83387-7 An Early Cretaceous subduction modified mantle underneath the ultraslow spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean (RICHTER et al. , 2020) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/44/eabb4340?utm_campaign=toc_advances_2020-10-30&et_rid=697909539&et_cid=3539464 Evidence for chemically heterogeneous Arctic mantle beneath the Gakkel Ridge   (D'ERRICO et al. , 2016) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703715006511 Geophysical characteristics of the ultraslow spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean   (JOKAT and SCHMIDT-AURSCH, 2007)...

Wells in Elk Hills Oil Field, Antandrus ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Update: Kern County Sued over Fast-tracking Tens of Thousands of New Oil Wells  (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; March 11, 2021) https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/kern-county-sued-over-fast-tracking-of-tens-of-thousands-of-new-oil-wells-2021-03-11/ _______ The Kern County Planning Commission Votes In Favor of Gas and Oil Ordinance Despite Public Outcry [ Madi BOLANOS, Valley Public Radio (KVPR) ; February 12, 2021] https://www.kvpr.org/post/kern-county-planning-commission-votes-favor-gas-and-oil-ordinance-despite-public-outcry#stream/0 Environmental groups gather signatures opposing Kern County's revised oil and gas permitting ordinance ( KGET News ; February 10, 2021) https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/environmental-groups-gather-signatures-opposing-kern-countys-revised-oil-gas-permitting-ordinance/ Side Note... NEWSOM Administration Sued Over Thousands of Unlawful Oil, Gas Projec...

Atiu Island : NASA , Link Accurate dating of stalagmites from low seasonal contrast tropical Pacific climate using Sr 2D maps, fabrics and annual hydrological cycles (FARAJI et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81941-x Karst and Caves of Atiu, Cook Islands (SMITH et al. , 2019) https://cavesaustralia.caves.org.au/ca/ca-210.pdf Dating stalagmites in mediterranean climates using annual trace element cycles                     (NAGRA et al. , 2017) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00474-4 Mauke, Mitiaro and Atiu:  Geomorphology of Makatea Islands in the Southern Cooks   (STODDART et al., 1990) https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5065/00341.pdf

Sunset in the Creeks of Niger Delta, Southern Nigeria Image:   Eseharrison ,  CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Dutch court orders Shell to pay Nigerian farmers for oil spills                                                      [ Agence France Presse (AFP) ; 29/01/2021] https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210129-dutch-court-orders-shell-to-pay-nigerian-farmers-for-oil-spills Shell Must Pay Nigerian Farmers for Oil Spills                                                                                 (Molly QUELL, Courthouse News Service ; January 29, 2021) https://www.courthousenews.com/shell-must-pay-nigerian-farmers-for-oil-spills/ N. B.:...