Chris Banks

In 1967 and 1969, two oceanographic cruises were made in the Black Sea under the guidance of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: The cruises included scientists from many countries and disciplines. Their aims were to determine the recent geological and geochemical evolution of the Black Sea, to map the shallow structure of the basin, and to study the interaction between the oxidized surface waters and the anoxic waters beneath them. The results were published 23 years ago, as AAPG Memoir 20 (Ross and Degens, 1974). During the 1969 cruise, the vessel Atlantis II collected 40 piston cores, which formed the basis of most of the subsequent geological studies that were restricted to very recent sedimentation. Speculations concerning the origin of the basin and the relationship of the geology offshore to that exposed around the margins of the Black Sea were rooted in pre-plate tectonic concepts of basin formation and were in any case hampered by a lack of relevant data (Brinkmann, 1974).In 1976, the Glomar Challenger visited the Black Sea on Leg 42B of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and drilled and cored three deep-water sites (379, 380, and 381). Well 381 north of the Bosporus encountered sediments as old as Miocene, including some apparently deposited in shallow water (Ross, 1978).The next major volume in Western literature to deal with the Black Sea was published a decade later, collecting papers presented two years earlier at a conference in Yalta. In this volume, a number of seismic reflection lines

Marine geology

Black Sea

10.1306/m68612c17

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Provenance of intra-Rodinian basin-fills: The lower Dalradian Supergroup, Scotland

Precambrian Research (2007)

Chris Banks Martin Smith J. A. Winchester Matthew Horstwood Stephen R. Noble

Dalradian

Supercontinent

Laurentia

Rodinia

Detritus

Basement

Baltica

10.1016/j.precamres.2006.11.004

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Tasting the salt of the Earth's oceans from space

Chris Banks

Wine tasting

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Basins and Thrust Belts of the Balkan Coast of the Black Sea

American Association of Petroleum Geologists eBooks (1997)

Chris Banks

In 1967 and 1969, two oceanographic cruises were made in the Black Sea under the guidance of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: The cruises included scientists from many countries and disciplines. Their aims were to determine the recent geological and geochemical evolution of the Black Sea, to map the shallow structure of the basin, and to study the interaction between the oxidized surface waters and the anoxic waters beneath them. The results were published 23 years ago, as AAPG Memoir 20 (Ross and Degens, 1974). During the 1969 cruise, the vessel Atlantis II collected 40 piston cores, which formed the basis of most of the subsequent geological studies that were restricted to very recent sedimentation. Speculations concerning the origin of the basin and the relationship of the geology offshore to that exposed around the margins of the Black Sea were rooted in pre-plate tectonic concepts of basin formation and were in any case hampered by a lack of relevant data (Brinkmann, 1974).In 1976, the Glomar Challenger visited the Black Sea on Leg 42B of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and drilled and cored three deep-water sites (379, 380, and 381). Well 381 north of the Bosporus encountered sediments as old as Miocene, including some apparently deposited in shallow water (Ross, 1978).The next major volume in Western literature to deal with the Black Sea was published a decade later, collecting papers presented two years earlier at a conference in Yalta. In this volume, a number of seismic reflection lines

Black Sea

10.1306/m68612c8

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The ESA SMOS+SOS Project: Oceanography using SMOS for innovative air-sea exchange studies

EGUGA (2013)

Chris Banks Christine Gommenginger Jacqueline Boutin Nicolás Reul Matthew Martin

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Mesozoic Strike-Slip Back-Arc Basins of the Western Black Sea Region

American Association of Petroleum Geologists eBooks (1997)

Chris Banks Andrew Robinson

In 1967 and 1969, two oceanographic cruises were made in the Black Sea under the guidance of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: The cruises included scientists from many countries and disciplines. Their aims were to determine the recent geological and geochemical evolution of the Black Sea, to map the shallow structure of the basin, and to study the interaction between the oxidized surface waters and the anoxic waters beneath them. The results were published 23 years ago, as AAPG Memoir 20 (Ross and Degens, 1974). During the 1969 cruise, the vessel Atlantis II collected 40 piston cores, which formed the basis of most of the subsequent geological studies that were restricted to very recent sedimentation. Speculations concerning the origin of the basin and the relationship of the geology offshore to that exposed around the margins of the Black Sea were rooted in pre-plate tectonic concepts of basin formation and were in any case hampered by a lack of relevant data (Brinkmann, 1974).In 1976, the Glomar Challenger visited the Black Sea on Leg 42B of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and drilled and cored three deep-water sites (379, 380, and 381). Well 381 north of the Bosporus encountered sediments as old as Miocene, including some apparently deposited in shallow water (Ross, 1978).The next major volume in Western literature to deal with the Black Sea was published a decade later, collecting papers presented two years earlier at a conference in Yalta. In this volume, a number of seismic reflection lines

Black Sea

10.1306/m68612c5

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Evaluation and scientific exploitation of CryoSat ocean products for oceanographic studies

Francisco M. Calafat Chris Banks Helen M. Snaith Christine Gommenginger Andrew Shaw

CryoSat&#8217;s ability to operate in different operating modes over water surfaces led to the first in-orbit evidence of the value of SAR-mode altimetry for oceanography, with the mission continuing to provide high-quality data and information not just over ice but also over the open ocean, polar waters and coastal regions. Approaching ten years in orbit, CryoSat routinely delivers a number of oceanographic products for global ocean applications. A dedicated operational CryoSat ocean processor (COP) has existed since April 2014 generating data products available in near real time (FDM/NOP), within ~3 days (IOP) and a geophysical ocean product (GOP) available within a month. An improved processing baseline was introduced in late 2017 and the same processing chain has now been applied to provide consistent ocean data products from the start of the mission.&#160; Within the ESA funded CryOcean-QCV project, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in the UK is responsible for routine quality control and validation of CryoSat Ocean Products. Activities include the production of daily and monthly reports containing global assessments and quality control of sea surface height anomaly (SSHA), significant wave height (SWH), backscatter coefficient (Sigma0) and wind speed, as well as a suite of validation protocols involving in situ data, model output and data from other satellite altimetry missions. This presentation will review some of the metrics and results obtained for CryoSat Ocean Products for SSHA, SWH and wind speed when assessed against data from tide gauges, wind and wave buoys, WaveWatch III wave model output, HF radar surface current data and comparisons with Jason-2 and Jason-3. Example metrics include SSHA along-track power spectra and the characterisation of offsets and variability regionally and in different sea states.&#160; In this presentation, we demonstrate the quality and scientific value of the CryoSat data in the open ocean where the altimeter operates mainly in conventional low-resolution-mode (LRM) but also over selected ocean regions where CryoSat operates in SAR-mode.&#160; Finally, scientific exploitation of the CryoSat data for oceanographic studies will be illustrated, focusing on CryoSat sea surface height anomalies. We will present examples of the benefits of CryoSat ocean products for oceanographic studies based on a dedicated Level 3 gridded product, featuring investigations of propagating ocean features (e.g. Rossby-type wave propagation) and their signatures in CryoSat in comparisons with data from other sources including SMOS, Sentinel 3A and 3B.&#160;

Sea-surface height

Ocean observations

Anomaly (physics)

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11812

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Global assessment of Level 3 SMOS and Aquarius salinity measurements using Argo and an operational ocean model

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (2013)

Chris Banks Christine Gommenginger Meric Srokosz Helen M. Snaith

Argo

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Sedimentology and stratigraphic affinities of Neoproterozoic coarse clastic successions, Glenshirra Group, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology (2004)

Chris Banks J. A. Winchester

Synopsis Records of ancient environments and past basin histories can be preserved in metasedimentary successions, despite their subsequent deformation and metamorphism. In the Central Scottish Highlands SE of Loch Ness, the Garva Bridge Psammite and the Glen Buck Pebbly Psammite Formations (hitherto included within the Glenshirra Subgroup at the base of the Neoproterozoic Grampian Group) represent a continuum of alluvial fan to shallow water sediments, deposited in a SE thinning fan-delta clastic wedge. These sediments, derived from an uplifted granitoid hinterland to the west, contrast with the overlying marine sedimentary rocks of the Corrieyairack Subgroup, which were deposited by sediment gravity flows within a submarine slope setting. The Glen Buck Pebbly Psammite/Garva Bridge Psammite Formations and the Corrieyairack Subgroup represent two genetic stratigraphic sequences divided by a sharp sequence boundary that records a major reorganization in basin architecture. Hence, we propose that the Garva Bridge Psammite and Glen Buck Pebbly Psammite Formations be included within a separate Glenshirra Group, genetically unrelated to either the marine deposits of the immediately overlying Grampian Group or the earlier, locally migmatized (Moinian?) basement to the Central Highlands. The Glenshirra Group thus represents the earliest phase of post-Knoydartian extension, predating the main Dalradian basin development.

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Shire

10.1144/sjg40020159

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Salinity from space: Evaluating SMOS and Aquarius against model and in situ data

Chris Banks Christine Gommenginger Srokosz Helen Snaith

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