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Citizen science for observing and understanding the Earth
Citizen Science, or the participation of non-professional scientists in
a scientific project, has a long history—in many ways, the modern scientific
revolution is thanks to the effort of citizen scientists. Like science itself, citizen
science is influenced by technological and societal advances, such as the rapid
increase in levels of education during the latter part of the twentieth century, or
the very recent growth of the bidirectional social web (Web 2.0), cloud services
and smartphones. These transitions have ushered in, over the past decade, a rapid
growth in the involvement of many millions of people in data collection and analysis
of information as part of scientific projects. This chapter provides an overview of the
field of citizen science and its contribution to the observation of the Earth, often not
through remote sensing but a much closer relationship with the local environment.
The chapter suggests that, together with remote Earth Observations, citizen science
can play a critical role in understanding and addressing local and global challenges
Promenons-nous dans les bois = Wanderung ins Holz : Pierre Aubert & Nicole Hametner & Vincent Kohler
Calcareous nannofossils of ODP Sites 149-897 and 149-901
Mesozoic calcareous nannofossil assemblages recovered during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 149 from the Iberia Abyssal Plain off the coast of Portugal were examined to determine the age of the rifting processes that affected the western Iberia Margin.
Dark carbonaceous claystones (black shales) recovered from Site 901 contain highly diverse and abundant Tithonian calcareous nannofossil assemblages. Careful examination and documentation of this material has extended the ranges of numerous Jurassic and Cretaceous species and detailed a significant Late Jurassic assemblage turnover observed in the calcareous nannofossil record.
The Lower Cretaceous sequence consists of intervals of serpentinized peridotite intercalated between various breccias and dark claystones. With the exception of a few samples, calcareous nannofossils are few and moderately preserved. The age of nannofossils within these varied sedimentary lithologies ranges from the late Barremian to the late Aptian.
Eight new species are described: Ansulasphaera covingtonii, Clepsilithus meniscus, Conusphaera sinespina, Crepidolithus parvulus, Diazomatholithus galicianus, Percivalia arata, Rotelapillus pleoseptatus, and Tranolithus incus. Also proposed are five new combinations
(Table 4) Stratigraphic distribution of calcareous nannofossil taxa from ODP Hole 149-897D
(Table 3) Stratigraphic distribution of calcareous nannofossil taxa from ODP Hole 149-897C
(Table 2) Stratigraphic distribution of calcareous nannofossil taxa from ODP Hole 149-901A
(Table 5) Stratigraphic distribution of calcareous nannofossil taxa from ODP Hole 149-899B
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