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Addressing soil nutrient degradation and global warming requires novel solutions. Enhanced weathering using crushed basalt rock may offer a partial solution, through a combined approach of sequestering carbon dioxide and improving agronomic conditions. This study examines the short-term effects of basalt amendment on spring oat (Avena sativa L.) during the 2022 growing season in NE England. The experimental design consisted of four blocks with control and basalt-amended plots, and two cultivation types within each treatment, laid out in a split plot design. Basalt (18.86 tonnes ha−1) was incorporated during seeding. Tissue, grain and soil samples were collected for yield, nutrient, and pH analysis. Basalt amendment led to significantly higher yields, averaging 20.5% and 9.3% increases in direct drill and ploughed plots, respectively. Soil pH was significantly higher 256 days after application across cultivation types (direct drill: on average 6.47 vs. 6.76 and ploughed: on average 6.69 vs. 6.89, for control and basalt amended plots, respectively), likely due to rapidly dissolving minerals. Indications of growing season differences in soil pH are observed through reduced manganese and iron uptake in amended crops. Higher grain and tissue potassium, and tissue calcium uptake were observed in basalt-amended crops. In contrast, no accumulation of potentially toxic elements was detected in the grain, indicating that crops grown using this crushed basalt rock are safe for consumption. This study suggests that agronomic benefits following crushed basalt rock applications are attainable in regions with temperate climate and similar soil conditions. These findings offer valuable insights for producers in temperate climates who are considering using such amendments, demonstrating the potential for improved crop yields and environmental benefits while ensuring crop safety.

The isotopic composition of Cd buried in marine sediments may preserve valuable palaeoenvironmental information on past ocean redox conditions or biological cycling. It is unclear, however, how the Cd-isotope composition of the sedimentary record reflects these processes. In this study, new Cd-isotope data are presented, along with δ13C, and Cd, Mo and TOC concentrations, from organic-rich mudrocks from the southern Western Interior Seaway (WIS), spanning the Cenomanian–Turonian stages within the Eagle Ford Group of the Maverick Basin, Texas, USA. Relationships between [Cd/TOC], δ114Cd, and MoEF indicate that sedimentary Cd was derived from organic matter with additional contributions from CdS formed in euxinic water masses. Local redox conditions exerted a primary control on the δ114Cd composition of these deposits, with high δ114Cd values attributed to near-quantitative removal from seawater in euxinic environments. Lower δ114Cd values in non-euxinic environments may reflect isotopically light Cd associated with organic material due to partial remineralization. These observations imply that δ114Cd values of samples deposited in demonstrably euxinic conditions may be used to constrain the δ114Cdseawater coming into the Maverick Basin at this time and give a composition of 0.28 ± 0.11‰ (2 SD) for the Early Cenomanian. Samples from an interval of peak-organic carbon burial globally, namely Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2), show anomalous δ114Cd and [Cd] patterns compared to the rest of the data, implying a perturbation to the dissolved Cd pool. The data presented in this study demonstrate that sedimentary Cd isotopes preserve valuable information on the extent of Cd burial into sulfide-bearing sediments at both local and global scales.

There is increasing recognition of the value of consumer participation in advocacy and community activism. Among trauma survivors, finding a sense of purpose and a way to make meaning from the trauma experience has been termed "survivor mission," and may include a call to social action, involvement in social justice activities, or public speaking. The current study describes the development of a trauma-informed trauma-survivor speakers' bureau (CHATT) and presents quantitative and qualitative outcome findings. The CHATT program encompasses (1) a speaker training component, (2) public speaking activities, and (3) speaking support groups. Trauma survivors (

Description, Silicate weathering and physical erosion markedly increased during the rapid warming of the PETM, allowing climatic recovery., The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM; ~55.9 Ma) was a geologically rapid warming period associated with carbon release, which caused a marked increase in the hydrological cycle. Here, we use lithium (Li) isotopes to assess the global change in weathering regime, a critical carbon drawdown mechanism, across the PETM. We find a negative Li isotope excursion of ~3‰ in both global seawater (marine carbonates) and in local weathering inputs (detrital shales). This is consistent with a very large delivery of clays to the oceans or a shift in the weathering regime toward higher physical erosion rates and sediment fluxes. Our seawater records are best explained by increases in global erosion rates of ~2× to 3× over 100 ka, combined with model-derived weathering increases of 50 to 60% compared to prewarming values. Such increases in weathering and erosion would have supported enhanced carbon burial, as both carbonate and organic carbon, thereby stabilizing climate.

Intervals of extreme warmth are predicted to drive a decrease in the oxygen content of the oceans. This prediction has been tested for the acme of short (

The Arctic is getting warmer and wetter. Here, we document two independent examples of how associated extreme precipitation patterns have severe implications for high Arctic ecosystems. The events stand out in a 23-year record of continuous observations of a wide range of ecosystem parameters and act as an early indication of conditions projected to increase in the future. In NE Greenland, August 2015, one-quarter of the average annual precipitation fell during a 9-day intensive rain event. This ranked number one for daily sums during the 1996–2018 period and caused a strong and prolonged reduction in solar radiation decreasing CO2 uptake in the order of 18–23 g C m−2, a reduction comparable to typical annual C budgets in Arctic tundra. In a different type of event, but also due to changed weather patterns, an extreme snow melt season in 2018 triggered a dramatic gully thermokarst causing rapid transformation in ecosystem functioning from consistent annual ecosystem CO2 uptake and low methane exchange to highly elevated methane release, net source of CO2, and substantial export of organic carbon downstream as riverine and coastal input. In addition to climate warming alone, more frequent occurrence of extreme weather patterns will have large implications for otherwise undisturbed tundra ecosystems including their element transport and carbon interactions with the atmosphere and ocean.

This study presents lithium and magnesium isotope ratios of soils and their drainage waters from a well-characterised weathering experiment with two soil cores, one with olivine added to the surface layer, and the other a control core. The experimental design mimics olivine addition to soils for CO2 sequestration and/or crop fertilisation, as well as natural surface addition of reactive minerals such as during volcanic deposition. More generally, this study presents an opportunity to better understand how isotopic fractionation records weathering processes. At the start of the experiment, waters draining both cores have similar Mg isotope composition to the soil exchangeable pool. The composition in the two cores evolve in different directions as olivine dissolution progresses. Mass balance calculations show that the water δ26Mg value is controlled by congruent dissolution of carbonate and silicates (the latter in the olivine core only), plus an isotopically fractionated exchangeable pool. For Li, waters exiting the base of the cores initially have the same isotope composition, but then diverge as olivine dissolution progresses. For both Mg and Li, the transport down-core is significantly retarded and fractionated by exchange with the exchangeable pool. This observation has implications for the monitoring of enhanced weathering using trace elements or isotopes, because dissolution rates and fluxes will be underestimated during the time when the exchangeable pool evolves towards a new equilibrium.

Rivers are significant contributors of Fe to theocean. However, the characteristics of chemically reactive Fe remain poorly constrained, especially in large Arctic rivers, which drain landscapes highly susceptible to climate change and carbon cycle alteration. The aim of this study was a detailed characterisation (size, mineralogy, and speciation) of riverine Fe-bearing particles (> 0.22 µm) and colloids (1 kDa – 0.22 µm) and their association with organic carbon (OC), in the Lena River and tributaries, which drain a catchment almost entirely underlain by permafrost. Samples fromthe main channel and tributaries representing watersheds that span a wide rangein topography and lithology were taken after the spring flood in June 2013 and summer baseflow in July 2012. Fe-bearing particles were identified, usingTransmission Electron Microscopy, as large (200 nm – 1 µm) aggregates of smaller (20 nm - 30 nm) spherical colloids of chemically-reactive ferrihydrite.In contrast, there were also large (500 nm – 1 µm) aggregates of clay (illite) particles and smaller (100 - 200 nm) iron oxide particles (dominantly hematite) that contain poorly reactive Fe. TEM imaging and Scanning Transmission X-raymicroscopy (STXM) indicated that the ferrihydrite is present as discrete particles within networks of amorphous particulate organic carbon (POC) and attached to the surface of primary produced organic matter and clay particles.Together, these larger particles act as the main carriers of nanoscale ferrihydrite in the Lena River basin. The chemically reactive ferrihydrite accounts for on average 70 ± 15 % of the total suspended Fe in the Lena River and tributaries. These observations place important constraints on Fe and OC cycling in the Lena River catchment area and Fe-bearing particle transport to the Arctic Ocean. The Lena River Study

Increasing global temperatures are causing widespread changes in the Arctic, including permafrost thawing and altered freshwater inputs and trace metal and carbon fluxes into the ocean and atmosphere. Changes in the permafrost active layer thickness can affect subsurface water flow-paths and water-rock interaction times, and hence weathering processes. Riverine lithium isotope ratios (reported as δ7Li) are tracers of silicate weathering that are unaffected by biological uptake, redox, carbonate weathering and primary lithology. Here we use Li isotopes to examine silicate weathering processes in one of the largest Russian Arctic rivers: the Lena River in eastern Siberia. The Lena River watershed is a large multi-lithological catchment, underlain by continuous permafrost. An extensive dataset of dissolved Li isotopic compositions of waters from the Lena River main channel, two main tributaries (the Aldan and Viliui Rivers) and a range of smaller sub-tributaries are presented from the post-spring flood/early-summer period at the onset of active layer development and enhanced water-rock interactions. The Lena River main channel (average δ7Lidiss ∼ 19‰) has a slightly lower isotopic composition than the mean global average of 23‰ (Huh et al., 1998a). The greatest range of [Li] and δ7Lidiss are observed in catchments draining the south-facing slopes of the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range. South-facing slopes in high-latitude, permafrost-dominated regions are typically characterised by increased summer insolation and higher daytime temperatures relative to other slope aspects. The increased solar radiation on south-facing catchments promotes repeated freeze-thaw cycles, and contributes to more rapid melting of snow cover, warmer soils, and increased active layer thaw depths. The greater variability in δ7Li and [Li] in the south-facing rivers likely reflect the greater infiltration of melt water and enhanced water-rock interactions within the active layer. A similar magnitude of isotopic fractionation is observed between the low-lying regions of the Central Siberian Plateau (and catchments draining into the Viliui River), and catchments draining the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range into the Aldan River. This is in contrast to global rivers in non-permafrost terrains that drain high elevations or areas of rapid uplift, where high degrees of physical erosion promote dissolution of freshly exposed primary rock typically yielding low δ7Lidiss, and low-lying regions exhibit high riverine δ7Li values resulting from greater water-rock interaction and formation of secondary mineral that fractionates Li isotopes. Overall, the range of Li concentrations and δ7Lidiss observed within the Lena River catchment are comparable to global rivers located in temperate and tropical regions. This suggests that cryogenic weathering features specific to permafrost regions (such as the continual exposure of fresh primary minerals due to seasonal freeze-thaw cycles, frost shattering and salt weathering), and climate (temperature and runoff), are not a dominant control on δ7Li variations. Despite vastly different climatic and weathering regimes, the same range of riverine δ7Li values globally suggests that the same processes govern Li geochemistry – that is, the balance between primary silicate mineral dissolution and the formation (or exchange with) secondary minerals. This has implications for the use of δ7Li as a palaeo-weathering tracer for interpreting changes in past weathering regimes.

Silicon isotope values (δ30SiDSi) of dissolved silicon (DSi) have been analyzed in the Lena River and its tributaries, one of the largest Arctic watersheds in the world. The geographical and temporal variations of δ30SiDSi range from +0.39 to +1.86‰ with DSi concentrations from 34 to 121 μM. No obvious patterns of DSi concentrations and δ30SiDSi values were observed along over 200 km of the two major tributaries, the Viliui and Aldan Rivers. In summer, the variations of DSi concentrations and δ30SiDSi values in the water are either caused by biological uptake by higher plants and phytoplankton or by mixing of water masses carrying different DSi concentrations and δ30SiDSi values. DSi in tributaries from the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range seems to be associated with secondary clay formation that increased the δ30SiDSi values, while terrestrial biological production is likely more prevalent in controlling δ30SiDSi values in Central Siberian Plateau and Lena Amganski Inter-River Area. In winter, when soils were frozen, the δ30SiDSi values in the river appeared to be controlled by weathering and clay formation in deep intrapermafrost groundwater. During the spring flood, dissolved silicate materials and phytoliths were flushed from the upper thawed soils into rivers, which reset δ30SiDSi values to the values observed prior to the biological bloom in summer. The results indicate that the Si isotope values reflect the changing processes controlling Si outputs to the Lena River and to the Arctic Ocean between seasons. The annual average δ30SiDSi value of the Lena Si flux is calculated to be +0.86 ± 0.3‰ using measured δ30SiDSi values from each season. Combined with the estimate of +1.6 ± 0.25‰ for the Yenisey River, an updated δ30SiDSi value of the major river Si inputs to the Arctic Ocean is estimated to be +1.3 ± 0.3‰. This value is expected to shift towards higher values in the future because of the impacts from a variety of biological and geochemical processes and sources under global warming.

Lithium isotopes are rapidly becoming one of the most useful tracers of silicate weathering processes, but little is known on their behaviour in groundwaters and hydrothermal springs, and how these sources might influence the weathering signal in surface waters. This study presents lithium isotope compositions (δ7Li) for cold groundwaters (3-7 °C) and hydrothermal springs that were at geothermal temperatures (200-300 °C) but have cooled during transport (17-44 °C). Both represent an important source of water and nutrients for Lake Myvatn, Iceland. We also present a time-series from the Laxa River, which is the single outflow from the lake. The δ7Li values in the input springs to Lake Myvatn are highly variable (5-27‰), and correlate inversely with temperature and total dissolved solids. These co-variations imply that even in such waters, the processes controlling δ7Li variations during weathering still operate: that is, the ratio of primary rock dissolution to secondary mineral formation, where the latter preferentially incorporates 6Li with a temperature-dependent fractionation factor. In high-temperature geothermal waters (> 300 °C) secondary mineral formation is inhibited, and has a low fractionation factor, leading to little δ7Li fractionation. Even in waters that have cooled considerably over several months from their geothermal temperatures, fractionation is still low, and δ7Li values are similar to those reported from waters measured at > 350 °C. In contrast, cooler groundwaters promote relatively high proportions of clay formation, which scavenge dissolved solids (including 6Li). The time series on the Laxa River, the single outflow from Lake Myvatn, shows little δ7Li variation with time over the 12 month sampling period (17-21‰), demonstrating that in contrast to tracers such as Si isotopes, Li isotopes are unaffected by the significant seasonal phytoplankton blooms that occur in the lake. Thus, these results clearly illustrate that Li isotopes are ideally suited to constrain silicate weathering processes, because fractionation by secondary mineral formation operates even when groundwater and hydrothermal inputs are significant, and because Li isotopes are demonstrably unaffected by phytoplankton or plant growth.

In nature, primordial 236 U has long since decayed to concentrations below detection. However, measurement of 236 U produced in-situ by neutron capture on 235 U in high-grade uranium deposits is made possible by recent advances in accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). The detection of appreciable quantities of 236 U in groundwaters may reflect local uranium mineralisation, and thus prove useful in uranium exploration and potential age and ore grade estimations. Nine mineralised sediments from the South Australian Beverley North sandstone-hosted uranium deposits have 236 U/ 238 U ratios ranging from (1.57 ± 0.43) × 10 − 12 to (9.09 ± 0.55) × 10 − 12 , and U concentrations that vary by almost three orders of magnitude, ranging from 78.9 to 24,200 μg/g. Overall, the samples with the highest [U] have higher 236 U/ 238 U ratios, consistent with the generation of higher neutron fluxes with one notable exception with anomalously high [U] and a relatively low 236 U/ 238 U ratio. The observed variability in the 236 U/ 238 U ratio both within the deposits themselves, and between deposits may reflect heterogeneous mineralogy, elemental composition and water contents, which can affect the neutron flux generated within the samples. A single groundwater sampled within mineralisation from the Pepegoona West deposit yielded a 236 U/ 238 U ratio of (6.57 ± 2.97) × 10 − 12 . This is the first published data detecting natural, non-anthropogenic 236 U in groundwater in contact with a uranium deposit. The 236 U/ 238 U isotopic composition of the single groundwater sample is indistinguishable from that of the mineralised sediments from the same deposit. This is interpreted to reflect isotopic equilibration between the mineralisation and groundwater, rather than the in-situ production of 236 U by neutron capture on dissolved 235 U in the waters due to the low [U] typical of these highly reducing groundwaters. 236 U appears to have limited mobility in the Pepegoona West groundwater system, as evidenced by the lack of signature in groundwaters sampled from nearby wells in low-grade and un-mineralised portions of the deposit. This suggests that the detection of 236 U in the highly reducing groundwaters prevalent in this area may not be applicable as a proxy for uranium mineralisation. However, use of this technique as a potential exploration tool may have greater success in other areas with different hydrogeological conditions, specifically where the groundwaters are oxidising and uranium has a greater solubility as U(VI) complexes.

Investigations of ‘stable’ uranium isotope fractionation during low temperature, redox transformations may provide new insights into the usefulness of the 238U/235U isotope system as a tracer of palaeoredox processes. Sandstone-hosted uranium deposits accumulate at an oxidation/reduction interface within an aquifer from the low temperature reduction of soluble U(VI) complexes in groundwaters, forming insoluble U(IV) minerals. This setting provides an ideal environment in which to investigate the effects of redox transformations on 238U/235U fractionation. Here we present the first coupled measurements of 238U/235U isotopic compositions and U concentrations for groundwaters and mineralised sediment samples from the same redox system in the vicinity of the high-grade Pepegoona sandstone-hosted uranium deposit, Australia. The mineralised sediment samples display extremely variable 238U/235U ratios (herein expressed as δ U CRM 145 238 , the per-mil deviation from the international NBL standard CRM145). The majority of mineralised sediment samples have δ U CRM 145 238 values between − 1.30 ± 0.05 and 0.55 ± 0.12 ‰ , spanning a ca. 2‰ range. However, one sample has an unusually light isotopic composition of − 4.13 ± 0.05 ‰ , which suggests a total range of U isotopic variability of up to ca. 5‰, the largest variation found thus far in a single natural redox system. The 238U/235U isotopic signature of the mineralised sediments becomes progressively heavier (enriched in 238U) along the groundwater flow path. The groundwaters show a greater than 2‰ variation in their 238U/235U ratios, ranging from δ U CRM 145 238 values of − 2.39 ± 0.07 to − 0.71 ± 0.05 ‰ . The majority of the groundwater data exhibit a clear systematic relationship between 238U/235U isotopic composition and U concentration; samples with the lowest U concentrations have the lowest 238U/235U ratios. The preferential incorporation of 238U during reduction of U(VI) to U(IV) and precipitation of uranium minerals leaves the groundwaters enriched in 235U, resulting in a progressive shift in 238U/235U towards lighter values in the aqueous phase as U is removed. These data can be modelled by a closed system Rayleigh fractionation model, with a fractionation factor (α, representing the 238U/235U composition of the groundwater relative to the solid uranium minerals) ranging from ∼0.9996 to 1.0000, with the majority of datapoints ranging from α values of 0.9998 to 0.9999. The sense and magnitude of the results of this study imply that 238U/235U fractionation is likely to be controlled by volume-dependent nuclear field shift effects during the reduction of U(VI) to U(IV) during mineralisation processes. These findings support the use of the 238U/235U isotopic system as a tracer to constrain the nature and timing of palaeoredox conditions.

During mixing of river water and seawater, changes in water chemistry can affect the behaviour of elements in estuaries, and consequently may alter their input into the oceans. In order to evaluate this, lithium (Li) concentrations and isotope compositions of estuarine waters from the Kalix and Råne River estuaries (Northern Sweden) have been determined. The waters span δ7Li values of +21.7 to +30.4 ‰, with the lowest values found within the shallowest samples with the lowest salinities. Dissolved Li concentrations show near conservative behaviour with increasing salinity; however their δ7Li isotopic compositions may be explained by either conservative mixing with an intermediate salinity Bothnian Bay end member; or non-conservative behaviour, with excess Li added to solution during mixing. The non-conservative behaviour of Li might be ascribed to cation exchange processes with suspended riverine particles or weathering during mixing with seawater within the low salinity zones of the Kalix and Råne River estuaries.The existence of non-conservative mixing of Li in estuarine environments suggests that the Li isotopic riverine input signature could be modified within estuaries, which may affect the marine and palaeo-marine budgets. Hence, this has important implications for the estimation of the fluvial Li flux into the oceans.

The Ganges river system is responsible for the transportation of a large flux of dissolved materials derived from Himalayan weathering to the oceans. Silicate weathering-driven cooling resulting from uplift of the Himalayas has been proposed to be a key player in Cenozoic climate variation. This study has analysed Li isotope (δ7Li) ratios from over 50 Ganges river waters and sediments, in order to trace silicate weathering processes. Sediments have δ7Li of ∼0‰, identical to bulk continental crust, however suspended sediment depth profiles do not display variations associated with grain size that have been observed in other large river systems. Dissolved δ7Li are low (∼11‰) in the Ganges headwaters, but reach a constant value of 21 ± 1.6‰ within a relatively short distance downstream, which is then maintained for almost 2000 km to the Ganges mouth. Given that Li isotopes are controlled by the ratio of primary mineral dissolution to secondary mineral formation, this suggests that the Ganges floodplain is at steady-state in terms of these processes for most of its length. Low δ7Li in the mountainous regions suggest silicate weathering is therefore at its most congruent where uplift and fresh silicate exposure rates are high. However, there is no correlation between δ7Li and the silicate weathering rate in these rivers, suggesting that Li isotopes cannot be used as a weathering-rate tracer, although they do inform on weathering congruency and intensity. The close-to-constant δ7Li values for the final 2000 km of Ganges flow also suggest that once the size of the alluvial plain reached more than ∼500 km (the flow distance after which riverine δ7Li stops varying), the Ganges exerted little influence on the changing Cenozoic seawater δ7Li, because riverine δ7Li attained a near steady-state composition.

Oceanic zircon trace element and Hf-isotope geochemistry offers a means to assess the magmatic evolution of a dying spreading ridge and provides an independent evaluation of the reliability of oceanic zircon as an indicator of mantle melting conditions. The Macquarie Island ophiolite in the Southern Ocean provides a unique testing ground for this approach due to its formation within a mid-ocean ridge that gradually changed into a transform plate boundary. Detrital zircon recovered from the island records this change through a progressive enrichment in incompatible trace elements. Oligocene age (33–27 Ma) paleo-detrital zircon in ophiolitic sandstones and breccias interbedded with pillow basalt have trace element compositions akin to a MORB crustal source, whereas Late Miocene age (8.5 Ma) modern-detrital zircon collected from gabbroic colluvium on the island have highly enriched compositions unlike typical oceanic zircon. This compositional disparity between age populations is not complimented by analytically equivalent eHf data that primarily ranges from 14 to 13 for sandstone and modern-detrital populations. A wider compositional range for the sandstone population reflects a multiple pluton source provenance and is augmented by a single cobble clast with eHf equivalent to the maximum observed composition in the sandstone (~ 17). Similar sandstone and colluvium Hf-isotope signatures indicate inheritance from a similar mantle reservoir that was enriched from the depleted MORB mantle average. The continuity in Hf-isotope signature relative to trace element enrichment in Macquarie Island zircon populations, suggests the latter formed by reduced partial melting linked to spreading-segment shortening and transform lengthening along the dying spreading ridge.

Uplift, exhumation, and denudation of the lower oceanic crust are recorded by sedimentary rocks of Macquarie Island (54°30′S, 158°54′E), which were deposited within the slow-spreading proto–Macquarie spreading ridge between ca. 9 and 12 Ma. Measured stratigraphic sections typically contain basal basaltic breccia lithofacies that are overlain by a thick sequence of enriched mid-ocean-ridge basalt (E-MORB) with thin intercalations of gabbroic sedimentary lithofacies. Basaltic detritus has zeolite to lower-greenschist metamorphic grades typical of the upper oceanic crust, and gabbroic detritus has upper-greenschist to amphibolite metamorphic grades typical of the lower oceanic crust. Breccia clast counts and sedimentary structures indicate that basaltic lithofacies were locally derived from the footwalls of adjacent spreading-related faults. Sedimentary structures, detrital clinopyroxene major- and trace-element geochemistry, and 206 Pb/ 238 U zircon geochronology indicate that the gabbroic lithofacies were more distally derived from a Paleogene-aged tholeiitic MORB source. Detrital zircon populations of ca. 27 and ca. 33 Ma correspond to oceanic magnetic anomalies 8o and 13o, respectively, and exclude ca. 8.5 Ma gabbroic rocks of Macquarie Island as a potential source. Geodynamic reconstructions show that anomaly 8o crust from the Southeast Indian Ridge was juxtaposed against the active proto–Macquarie spreading ridge when sedimentary rocks of Macquarie Island were deposited and was a likely source for the gabbroic lithofacies. The proto–Macquarie spreading ridge and Southeast Indian Ridge were connected by the Jurru long-offset transform, which has undergone significant transpression since 27 Ma. This transpression formed a bathymetric transverse ridge that was composed of structurally isolated blocks of heterogeneously aged Paleogene source crust, which provided the source for Macquarie Island9s gabbroic sedimentary lithofacies.

A 14-site randomized trial tested the effectiveness of social norms marketing (SNM) campaigns, which present accurate student survey data in order to correct misperceptions of subjective drinking norms and thereby drive down alcohol use. Cross-sectional student surveys were conducted by mail at baseline and at posttest 3 years later. Hierarchical linear modeling was applied to examine multiple drinking outcomes, taking into account the nonindependence of students grouped in the same college. Controlling for other predictors, having a SNM campaign was not significantly associated with lower perceptions of student drinking levels or lower self-reported alcohol consumption. This study failed to replicate a previous multisite randomized trial of SNM campaigns, which showed that students attending institutions with a SNM campaign had a lower relative risk of alcohol consumption than students attending control group institutions (W. DeJong et al. J Stud Alcohol. 2006;67:868–879). Additional research is needed to explore whether SNM campaigns are less effective in campus communities with relatively high alcohol retail outlet density.

An 18-site randomized trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of social norms marketing (SNM) campaigns in reducing college student drinking. The SNM campaigns are intended to correct misperceptions of subjective drinking norms and thereby drive down alcohol consumption.Institutions of higher education were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. At the treatment group institutions, SNM campaigns delivered school-specific, data-driven messages through a mix of campus media venues. Cross-sectional student surveys were conducted by mail at baseline (n = 2,771) and at posttest 3 years later (n = 2,939). Hierarchical linear modeling was applied to examine multiple drinking outcomes, taking intraclass correlation into account.Controlling for other predictors, having an SNM campaign was significantly associated with lower perceptions of student drinking levels and lower alcohol consumption, as measured by a composite drinking scale, recent maximum consumption, blood alcohol concentration for recent maximum consumption, drinks consumed when partying, and drinks consumed per week. A moderate mediating effect of normative perceptions on student drinking was demonstrated by an attenuation of the Experimental Group x Time interaction, ranging from 16.4% to 39.5% across measures. Additional models that took into account the intensity of SNM campaign activity at the treatment institutions suggested that there was a dose-response relationship.This study is the most rigorous evaluation of SNM campaigns conducted to date. Analysis revealed that students attending institutions that implemented an SNM campaign had a lower relative risk of alcohol consumption than students attending control group institutions.

Silicate weathering is the primary control of atmospheric CO2 concentrations on multiple timescales. However, tracing this process has proven difficult. Lithium isotopes are a promising tracer of silicate weathering. This study has reacted basalt sand with natural river water for ~9 months in closed experiments, in order to examine the behaviour of Li isotopes during weathering. Aqueous Li concentrations decrease by a factor of ~10 with time, and δ7Li increases by ~19‰, implying that Li is being taken up into secondary phases that prefer 6Li. Mass balance using various selective leaches of the exchangeable and secondary mineral fractions suggest that ~12–16% of Li is adsorbed, and the remainder is removed into neoformed secondary minerals. The exchangeable fractionation factors have a Δ7Liexch-soln = −11.6 to −11.9‰, while the secondary minerals impose Δ7Lisecmin-soln = −22.5 to −23.9‰. Overall the experiment can be modelled with a Rayleigh fractionation factor of α = 0.991, similar to that found for natural basaltic rivers. The mobility of Li relative to the carbon-cycle-critical cations of Ca and Mg changes with time, but rapidly evolves within one month to remarkably similar mobilities amongst these three elements. This evolution shows a linear relationship with δ7Li (largely due to a co-variation between aqueous [Li] and δ7Li), suggesting that Li isotopes have the potential to be used as a tracer of Ca and Mg mobility during basaltic weathering, and ultimately CO2 drawdown.