Global influence of mantle temperature and plate thickness on intraplate volcanism [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 Here, the authors compile a global geochemical database of Neogene-Quaternary intraplate volcanism. By comparing the distribution and composition of these rocks with tomographic models they show that intraplate volcanism can be used to constrain upper ...
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Intraplate volcanism triggered by bursts in slab flux. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2020 <p><span><span>Long-lived, widespread intraplate volcanism without age progression is one of the most controversial features of plate tectonics. The eastern margin of Australia and Zealandia has experienced extensive mafic volcanism </span><span>over the last 100 million years<
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The return of stagnant slab recorded by intraplate volcanism. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ASubducted plates often stagnate in the mantle transition zone (MTZ), and the fate of the stagnant slabs is still debatable. They may sink into the lower mantle, or remain partially trapped in the MTZ, but it is uncertain whether they can return to the upper mantle. We report geochemical evidence of late-Miocene (~6 Ma) basalts from,
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Subduction legacies in the mantle transition zone modulate intraplate oceanic volcanism [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsHow oceanic crust forms and intraplate volcanism arises remains central to resolving the mechanisms driving Earth’s dynamic evolution. Anomalously thick oceanic crust is conventionally attributed to thermal mantle plumes, yet large igneous provinces such
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Heterogeneous stagnant slab controls focused crustal recycling and volcanic clustering [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsStagnant slabs transport cold, hydrous, and compositionally distinct materials into the mantle transition zone (MTZ). Intraplate volcanism above these slabs documents the geochemical imprints of recycled subducted components.
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Local slab penetration into lower mantle controls deep-focus seismicity and Changbaishan volcanism in northeast China [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsIntraplate volcanism in the Changbaishan region of northeast China is underlain by a deep subduction-related earthquake cluster in the mantle transition zone, but the underlying physical connections between them remain elusive.
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Linking Intraplate Volcanism to Lithospheric Structure and Asthenospheric Flow
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2021 Several of Earth's intraplate volcanic provinces are hard to reconcile with the mantle plume hypothesis. Instead, they exhibit characteristics that are more compatible with shallower processes that involve the interplay between uppermost mantle flow and ...
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, GeosystemsUpwelling and decompression of mantle plumes is the primary mechanism for large volumes of intraplate volcanism; however, many seamounts do not correlate spatially, temporally, or geochemically with plumes.
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Buoyant decompression melting: A possible mechanism for intraplate volcanism [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research, 2002 Volcanic activity away from plate boundaries occurs in a variety of settings. Linear, age‐progressive volcanic chains have been explained as the manifestation of fixed hot spots, possibly generated by plumes originating deep in the mantle. However, important examples of oceanic intraplate volcanism cannot be explained in this way, including short‐lived
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Author Correction: Global influence of mantle temperature and plate thickness on intraplate volcanism [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 P. W. Ball +3 more
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