Essai de reconstitution de l'histoire géologique et structurale de la Méditerranée centrale Attempt to Reconstruct the Geological Tectonics and Intraplate Deformations by Schuster J. -M.

“…Five major structural units can be distinguished there, i.e. the Syrtis Basin, the lonian abyssal plain, the Messina cone, the Mediterranean ridge and the Hellenic trough. …”
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Petrogenesis of arc-related peridotite hosted chromitite deposits in Sikhoran-Soghan mantle section, South Iran: evidence for proto-forearc spreading to boninitic stages by Sepidbar, F, Khedr, MZ, Ghorbani, MR, Palin, R, Xiao, Y

“…Spinels in lherzolite–harzburgite are geochemically characterized by a low Cr# (42.0 to 52.6), and plot in an abyssal peridotite field on geochemical discrimination diagrams, whereas spinel in dunites and high-Cr chromitite spinels (Cr# = 52.4 to 76.4) show geochemical affinities to boninites. …”

Ancient depletion signals in lherzolites from forearc region: Constraints from Lu-Hf isotope compositions by Yang Xu, Chuan-Zhou Liu, Wei Lin, Xue-Fa Shi

“…Those lherzolites are compositionally similar to abyssal peridotites, with negligible subduction-related modification. …”
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Monitoring of Anthropogenic Sediment Plumes in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, NE Equatorial Pacific Ocean by Sabine Haalboom, Timm Schoening, Peter Urban, Iason-Zois Gazis, Henko de Stigter, Benjamin Gillard, Matthias Baeye, Martina Hollstein, Kaveh Purkiani, Gert-Jan Reichart, Gert-Jan Reichart, Laurenz Thomsen, Matthias Haeckel, Annemiek Vink, Jens Greinert, Jens Greinert

“…The abyssal seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the NE Pacific hosts the largest abundance of polymetallic nodules in the deep sea and is being targeted as an area for potential deep-sea mining. …”
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An Ordovician ostracod palaeopsychrosphere? by Anna McGairy, Christopher P. Stocker, Mark Williams, Phong Duc Nguyen, Thomas H. P. Harvey, Toshifumi Komatsu, Dayou Zhai

“…They occupy almost all aquatic environments today, from the ocean abyssal planes to damp forest leaf litter. Their stratigraphical record suggests they had diversified into a wide range of marine and non-marine habitats already during the Palaeozoic. …”
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Shelf–Basin interaction along the East Siberian Sea by L. G. Anderson, G. Björk, O. Holby, S. Jutterström, C. M. Mörth, M. O'Regan, C. Pearce, I. Semiletov, C. Stranne, T. Stöven, T. Tanhua, A. Ulfsbo, M. Jakobsson

“…This likely results from a local isolation of waters over the Chukchi Abyssal Plain as the boundary current from the west is steered away from this area by the bathymetry of the Mendeleev Ridge. …”
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Quantifying Iron Oxide Mineral Contents in Miocene Oceanic Red Beds for the Deep-Sea Oxidation Evolution in the South China Sea by Xuan Lyu, Zhifei Liu, Qiong Wu, Christophe Colin, Xun Yu, Chuanlian Liu, Qianyu Li

“…A continuously decreased oxidation trend from 18.4 to 11.6 Ma, along with two strengthened oxidation events occurring at around 15 Ma and 14 Ma, is observed to dominate the environment evolution of the abyssal South China Sea. We infer that this long-term decreased oxidation trend was caused by the gradual blocking of oxygen-rich bottom water from the western Pacific since the Early Miocene, while the two oxidation events were likely attributed to the rapid thermal subsidence of the South China Sea and the global cooling during the Middle Miocene climate transition, respectively.…”
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Transport and accumulation of litter in submarine canyons: a geoscience perspective by Martina Pierdomenico, Anne Bernhardt, Joris T. Eggenhuisen, Michael A. Clare, Claudio Lo Iacono, Daniele Casalbore, Jaime S. Davies, Jaime S. Davies, Ian Kane, Veerle A.I. Huvenne, Peter T. Harris

“…Submarine canyons, the main conduits for the transport of sediment, organic matter and water masses from shallow to abyssal depths, have been claimed to be preferential pathways for litter transport and accumulation in the deep sea. …”
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Eddy-Mean Flow interactions in the Along-Stream Development of a Western Boundary Current Jet: An Idealized Model Study by Waterman, Stephanie, Jayne, Steven R.

“…In the absence of eddy terms, the magnitude of the upper-ocean jet transport would be significantly less and the abyssal ocean recirculations (and their significant enhancement to the jet transport) would be missing altogether.…”
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Spatially limited mud turbidites on the Cascadia margin: segmented earthquake ruptures? by C. Goldfinger, A. E. Morey, B. Black, J. Beeson, C. H. Nelson, J. Patton

“…The Chirp data show that turbidites along the Cascadia base of slope are ubiquitous, and likely not sourced solely from submarine canyon mouths, but may also have been delivered to the proximal abyssal plain as sheet flows from the open continental slope and coalescing local sources. …”
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Marine biodiversity in South Africa: an evaluation of current states of knowledge. by Charles L Griffiths, Tamara B Robinson, Louise Lange, Angela Mead

“…Almost none of these samples, however, were collected after 1980, and over 99% of existing samples are from depths shallower than 1,000 m--indeed 83% are from less than 100 m. The abyssal zone thus remains almost completely unexplored. …”
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A submarine morphotectonic analysis combining GIS-based methods and virtual reality: Case study of the low-rate active thrust faulting off Boumerdès (Algeria) by Jacques Déverchère, Antoine Barbé, Maxime Kernec, Marion Jaud, Marion Jaud, Riwalenn Ruault

“…Among them, the 2003 Mw 6.8 Boumerdès event has triggered large turbidity currents in the slightly concave canyons of the slope and numerous cable breaks in the abyssal plain. In this study, we explore where, how and when the tectonic inversion of the margin off Boumerdès has left witnesses in the seafloor morphology and whether the observed deformation correlates with the 2003 coseismic rupture zone and with the Plio-Quaternary sedimentation. …”
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Prognosis-search complex for mesothermal gold deposits. P. 3. Petrochemical and geochemical criteria by Igor Kucherenko

“…Formation of the contrasting anomalies of femic elements association in K, Ti, P, Mg, Fe, Ca, Mn composition in rear zones of haloes in framing of abyssal fractures at Ti and P content decrease as moving off fractures down to clark levels due to alkaline regime solutions inversion into acidiferous one and change of elements in inert state clears the possibilities to use femic specialization of auriferous beresites phenomenon in order to prove generation of metalliferous solutions in moderate-alkaline basaltic melts. …”
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An Overview of Seabed Mining Including the Current State of Development, Environmental Impacts, and Knowledge Gaps by Kathryn A. Miller, Kirsten F. Thompson, Kirsten F. Thompson, Paul Johnston, David Santillo

“…Such resources, whether seafloor massive (polymetallic) sulfides around hydrothermal vents, cobalt-rich crusts (CRCs) on the flanks of seamounts or fields of manganese (polymetallic) nodules on the abyssal plains, cannot be considered in isolation of the distinctive, in some cases unique, assemblages of marine species associated with the same habitats and structures. …”
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Mapping Habitats and Developing Baselines in Offshore Marine Reserves with Little Prior Knowledge: A Critical Evaluation of a New Approach. by Emma Lawrence, Keith R Hayes, Vanessa L Lucieer, Scott L Nichol, Jeffrey M Dambacher, Nicole A Hill, Neville Barrett, Johnathan Kool, Justy Siwabessy

“…The recently declared Australian Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) Network covers a total of 3.1 million km2 of continental shelf, slope, and abyssal habitat. Managing and conserving the biodiversity values within this network requires knowledge of the physical and biological assets that lie within its boundaries. …”
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Ontogenetic Shifts in the Number of Axons in the Olfactory Tract and Optic Nerve in Two Species of Deep-Sea Grenadier Fish (Gadiformes: Macrouridae: Coryphaenoides) by Thomas J. Lisney, Thomas J. Lisney, Hans-Joachim Wagner, Shaun P. Collin, Shaun P. Collin

“…Neuroanatomical studies of the peripheral sense organs and brains of deep-sea fishes are particularly useful for predicting their sensory capabilities and ultimately their behavior. Over the abyssal plane (between 2,000 and 6,000 m), communities of grenadiers (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) play an important ecological role as predator-scavengers. …”
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Prognosis-search complex for mesothermal gold deposits. P. 3. Petrochemical and geochemical criteria by Igor Kucherenko

“…Formation of the contrasting anomalies of femic elements association in K, Ti, P, Mg, Fe, Ca, Mn composition in rear zones of haloes in framing of abyssal fractures at Ti and P content decrease as moving off fractures down to clark levels due to alkaline regime solutions inversion into acidiferous one and change of elements in inert state clears the possibilities to use femic specialization of auriferous beresites phenomenon in order to prove generation of metalliferous solutions in moderate-alkaline basaltic melts. …”
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A 2 1/2 dimensional thermohaline circulation model with boundary mixing by Ru, Hua

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Wind-driven changes in Southern Ocean residual circulation, ocean carbon reservoirs and atmospheric CO[subscript 2] by Lauderdale, Jonathan, Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira, Oliver, Kevin I. C., Williams, Richard G., Follows, Michael J

“…Wind-induced changes in the model carbon inventory are dominated by the response of the global pycnocline, although there is an additional abyssal response when the peak westerly winds change their latitude, altering their proximity to Drake Passage and changing the depth extent of the southward return flow of the overturning: a northward shift of the westerly winds isolates dense isopycnals, allowing biogenic carbon to accumulate in the deep ocean of the Southern Hemisphere, while a southward shift shoals dense isopycnals that outcrop in the Southern Ocean and reduces the biogenic carbon store in the deep ocean.…”
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Global perspective of environmental distribution and diversity of Perkinsea (Alveolata) explored by a meta-analysis of eDNA surveys by Sebastian Metz, Sarah Itoïz, Aleix Obiol, Evelyne Derelle, Ramon Massana, Cédric Berney, Colomban de Vargas, Philippe Soudant, Adam Monier, Aurélie Chambouvet

“…Considering the ecological and economic importance of described Perkinsea species, these results suggest that Perkinsea may play a significant, yet previously unrecognized, role across a wide range of environments, spanning from soil environments to the abyssal zone of the open ocean with important implications for ecosystem functioning.…”
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