Reconstructed ocean plate stratigraphy sequences from the Permian subduction-accretionary complex in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Kexin Zhang, Jiaxuan Wang, Weihong He, Shengdong Wang, Yadong Xu, Xionghua Zhang, Bowen Song, Xiaohu Kou, Guocan Wang

“…The SAC is a set of mélange generated by subduction of oceanic crust at trenches, which consists of relics from mid-ocean ridge, abyssal plains, oceanic island-seamounts, intra-oceanic arcs and trench turbidites. …”
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Observing the full ocean volume using Deep Argo floats by Nathalie V. Zilberman, Virginie Thierry, Brian King, Matthew Alford, Xavier André, Kevin Balem, Nathan Briggs, Zhaohui Chen, Cécile Cabanes, Laurent Coppola, Laurent Coppola, Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Damien Desbruyères, Denise Fernandez, Annie Foppert, Wilford Gardner, Florent Gasparin, Bryan Hally, Shigeki Hosoda, Gregory C. Johnson, Taiyo Kobayashi, Arnaud Le Boyer, William Llovel, Peter Oke, Sarah Purkey, Elisabeth Remy, Dean Roemmich, Megan Scanderbeg, Philip Sutton, Kamila Walicka, Luke Wallace, Esmee M. van Wijk, Esmee M. van Wijk

“…The abyssal warming and freshening expands the ocean volume and raises sea level. …”
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Investigating the benthic megafauna in the eastern Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (north-east Pacific) based on distribution models predicted with random forest by Katja Uhlenkott, Erik Simon-Lledó, Annemiek Vink, Pedro Martínez Arbizu

“…Abstract The eastern Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) is a heterogeneous abyssal environment harbouring relatively low abundances of highly diverse megafauna communities. …”
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Search for Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Coincidences Using HAWC and ANTARES Data by H. A. Ayala Solares, S. Coutu, D. Cowen, D. B. Fox, T. Grégoire, F. McBride, M. Mostafá, K. Murase, S. Wissel, AMON Team, A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T. N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, B. De Martino, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, J. García, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, R. Le Breton, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, S. Le Stum, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, B. Ó Fearraigh, A. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Sánchez-Losa, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schüssler, J. Seneca, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, S. J. Tingay, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, R. Babu, E. Belmont-Moreno, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistrán, A. Carramiñana, S. Casanova, U. Cotti, O. Chaparro-Amaro, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutiño de León, E. De la Fuente, C. de León, R. Diaz Hernandez, M. A. DuVernois, M. Durocher, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, M. Fernández Alonso, N. Fraija, J. A. García-González, F. Garfias, M. M. González, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, P. Hüntemeyer, A. Iriarte, V. Joshi, S. Kaufmann, A. Lara, H. León Vargas, J. T. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, G. Luis-Raya, K. Malone, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, J. Martínez-Castro, J. A. Matthews, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Pérez Araujo, E. G. Pérez-Pérez, C. D. Rho, D. Rosa-González, E. Ruiz-Velasco, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, A. J. Smith, Y. Son, R. W. Springer, O. Tibolla, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Ureña-Mena, E. Varela, X. Wang, K. Whitaker, E. Willox, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou, HAWC Collaboration

“…In the quest for high-energy neutrino sources, the Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network has implemented a new search by combining data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory and the Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss environmental RESearch (ANTARES) neutrino telescope. …”
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Changes in the Abundance and Taxonomic Composition of Benthic Heterotrophic Protists from Atlantic Sublittoral to Deep-Sea Sediments by Manon Hohlfeld, Hartmut Arndt

“…However, little is known about how the community structure of benthic protists changes from sublittoral down to abyssal depths. This is especially important regarding island and seamount communities which are surrounded by deep-sea areas potentially isolating them. …”
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Using Habitat Classification to Assess Representativity of a Protected Area Network in a Large, Data-Poor Area Targeted for Deep-Sea Mining by Kirsty A. McQuaid, Martin J. Attrill, Malcolm R. Clark, Amber Cobley, Amber Cobley, Adrian G. Glover, Craig R. Smith, Kerry L. Howell

“…Twenty-four habitat classes are identified, with large expanses of abyssal plain and smaller classes with varying topography, food supply, and substrata. …”
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Viral Infections Boost Prokaryotic Biomass Production and Organic C Cycling in Hadal Trench Sediments by Elisabetta Manea, Antonio Dell’Anno, Eugenio Rastelli, Michael Tangherlini, Takuro Nunoura, Hidetaka Nomaki, Roberto Danovaro, Roberto Danovaro, Cinzia Corinaldesi

“…Here, we investigated activities of benthic viruses and prokaryotes and their interactions in three hadal trenches (Japan, Izu-Ogasawara and Mariana trenches) and in their nearby abyssal sites. Our findings reveal that these hadal trenches, compared with the surrounding abyssal sites, support higher abundances and biomasses of prokaryotes. …”
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The First Data on Harpacticoid Copepod Diversity of the Deep-Water Zone of Lake Baikal (Siberia, Russia) by Elena B. Fefilova, Tatyana Y. Sitnikova, Aleksandr A. Novikov

“…According to two non-parametric species estimators (Chao 2 and Jackknife 1), a 1.5-fold increase of species richness of harpacticoids of the LB abyssal is expected.…”
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“TUBULAR GILLS” Extreme gill modification in the Thyasiroidea with the description of Ochetoctena tomasi gen. et sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Thyasiroidea) by Graham Oliver

“…The tubular structure is seen in its most modified form in a chemosymbiotic abyssal species from the south-east Atlantic, which is described here as Ochetoctena tomasi gen et sp. nov.…”
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The Hegelian Atheism by Jesús Ezquerra Gómez

“…That alienation is due to the dialectics of the Ground (grund) exposed in the logic of the essence: The essence is the abyssal Ground of the existence (Existenz). Said otherwise: the essence founds the existence sinking, that is to say, disappearing as such essence. …”
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High and specific diversity of protists in the deep-sea basins dominated by diplonemids, kinetoplastids, ciliates and foraminiferans by Alexandra Schoenle, Manon Hohlfeld, Karoline Hermanns, Frédéric Mahé, Colomban de Vargas, Frank Nitsche, Hartmut Arndt

“…Alexandra Schoenle et al. use DNA metabarcoding and cultivation-based surveys of 11 regions in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans encompassing the bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones to identify the role of deep-sea heterotrophic protists relative to other trophic levels. …”
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Application of Milankovitch cycles in the restoration of high-resolution deposition velocity of Neogene strata in Kutei Basin, Indonesia by Baonian Wu, Zhijun Jin

“…Therefore, this study provides a methodological basis and data guarantee for studying the accumulation cycles and distribution patterns of oil and gas in the abyssal area of the Kutei Basin using wave analysis technology and can also serve as a reference for similar research in other basins.…”
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Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Peridotites and Chromitites from Zhaheba Ophiolite Complex, Eastern Junggar, NW China: Implications for the Tectonic Environment and Genesis by Zhaolin Wang, Jiayong Yan, Hejun Tang, Yandong Xiao, Zhen Deng, Guixiang Meng, Hui Sun, Yaogang Qi, Lulu Yuan

“…The major oxides and the trace element concentrations of the peridotites are comparable with abyssal peridotite, but fall outside the field of SSZ (suprasubduction zone) peridotite and the fore-arc peridotite. …”
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Geomorphology of the Clarion Clipperton Zone, tropical North Pacific Ocean by John Parianos, Pedro Madureira

“…The Main Map is includes distinct plains, rises, and lows of abyssal hills, steps and a trough along parts of the bounding fracture zone, seamount chains, fault zones and rifts.…”
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Deep-water fauna of Oligochaeta (Annelida, Clitellata) near hydrothermal spring of the Frolikha Bay, Northern Baikal (East Siberia, Russia) by Irina A. Kaygorodova

“…Uncharacteristic for the abyssal zone of Lake Baikal high indices of oligochaete development were revealed. …”
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Echinoderm and Platyhelminthes (Animal Phylum) / by Patterson, Wiley, author 648232

“…Echinoderms are found at every ocean depth, from the intertidal zone to the abyssal zone. Aside from the problematic Arkarua, the first definitive members of the phylum appeared near the start of the Cambrian period. …”
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Rotation of a Ferromanganese Nodule in the Penrhyn Basin, South Pacific, Tracked by the Earth's Magnetic Field by Hirokuni Oda, Wataru Katanoda, Akira Usui, Masafumi Murayama, Yuhji Yamamoto

“…Abstract Ferromanganese nodules are cm‐sized, authigenic, abyssal manganese‐iron‐hydroxide concretions. They grow very slowly at rates of a few mm per million years. …”
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Deep-sea meiofaunal and foraminiferal communities along a gradient of primary productivity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea by Nikolaos Lampadariou, Anastasios Tselepides, Eleni Hatziyanni

“…Meiobenthic abundance decreased significantly with depth and the total standing stock in the top 6 cm sediment layer was significantly higher at the northern stations (204-231 ind./10 cm2). In the abyssal Ierapetra Basin, the abundance for all meiobenthic taxa was minimal (10-26 ind./10 cm2). …”
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Oxygen thermobarometry of orogenic lherzolite massifs by Woodland, AB, Kornprobst, J, Wood, B

“…The Pyrenean massifs are relatively oxidized [ΔlogfO2(FMQ)=-0.4] and are intermediate between the abyssal peridotites and continental xenolith suites. …”

Biomass Storage in Anoxic Marine Basins: Initial Estimates of Geochemical Impacts and CO2 Sequestration Capacity by M. R. Raven, M. A. Crotteau, N. Evans, Z. C. Girard, A. M. Martinez, I. Young, D. L. Valentine

“…We present simple biogeochemical and mixing models to quantify the scale of potential impacts of large‐scale OM addition to the abyssal seafloor in the Black Sea, Cariaco Basin, and the hypersaline Orca Basin. …”
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