Grain Size Distribution in the Subsurface Sediments of Floodplains Across the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 2022
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Abstract
To characterize the sedimentological properties of riverbank materials in the Yukon River Basin, we analyzed grain size distributions from bank sediments collected at two representative sites: the Koyukuk River near Huslia and the Yukon River near Beaver. These locations, situated within discontinuous permafrost regions, were selected to capture spatial variability in depositional environments and inform interpretations of fluvial processes, sediment transport dynamics, and sediment-associated carbon cycling in high-latitude floodplains. In addition to their geomorphic relevance, these sediments serve as reservoirs for organic carbon and potentially toxic elements, such as mercury. Associated organic carbon data are reported in Ke et al. 2024, doi.org/10.18739/A22R3NZ79, and mercury concentrations are archived in Isabel et al. 2023, doi.org/10.18739/A2WW7720N. As part of a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded effort to assess erosion and biogeochemical cycling in the Yukon River Basin, sediment samples were collected between June and September 2022 from the Yukon River near Beaver (65.700 degrees North [°N], 156.387 degrees West [°W]) and the Koyukuk River near Huslia (66.362 °N, 147.398 °W). Grain size distributions were analyzed using laser diffraction analysis with a Mastersizer 3000E, and are reported here as statistical summaries.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.002 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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