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A new paravian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America supports a late acquisition of avian flight. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Hartman S, Mortimer M, Wahl WR, Lomax DR, Lippincott J, Lovelace DM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evolution of Tectonically Accreted Topmost Oceanic Lithospheric Mantle Based on Seismic Tomography Constraints at the Ultraslow‐Spreading Southwest Indian Ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Oceanic lithosphere formed at the global mid‐ocean ridge system makes up >60% of Earth's solid surface. Its uppermost ∼6 km are accreted either magmatically, where mafic melt is available, or tectonically, where this melt is absent. The magmatically accreted lithosphere is known to evolve with age, as demonstrated by its velocity increase ...
A. Corbalán, M. R. Nedimović
wiley   +1 more source

Crustal Thickness Inversion From Magmatic Geochemistry Reveals Spatiotemporal Evolution and Two‐Stage Uplift of the Iranian Plateau

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract The Cenozoic topographic growth of the Iranian Plateau, situated at the Arabia‐Eurasia collision front, provides insights into continental collision dynamics. However, the relative contributions of tectonic shortening versus deep mantle processes to crustal thickening remain debated because systematic quantitative constraints on paleo‐crustal ...
Jun Hu, Yongwei Zhao, Zhengquan Chen, Ni Li, Huan Kang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revision of the Late Jurassic deep-water teleosauroid crocodylomorph Teleosaurus megarhinus Hulke, 1871 and evidence of pelagic adaptations in Teleosauroidea. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Foffa D, Johnson MM, Young MT, Steel L, Brusatte SL.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Highly Enriched and Heterogeneous Mantle Signals Recorded in Mantle Pyroxenite Veins

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract The Earth's mantle is inherently heterogeneous, reflecting ongoing mantle depletion and crustal recycling driven by plate tectonics. Radiogenic isotopes in oceanic basalts are commonly used to characterize mantle reservoirs, but the full chemical diversity of mantle‐derived melts may be obscured by magma mixing during melt transport and ...
Zhen‐Yu Zhang, Chuan‐Zhou Liu, Yan Liang, Tong Liu, Chang Zhang, Bo‐Da Liu, Wen‐Bin Ji, Wei‐Qi Zhang, Ke Huang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two Distinct Growth Styles of Riedel Shear Zones in Cratonic Strike‐Slip Fault System, Tarim Basin, NW China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 131, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract The kinematics and progressive evolution of Riedel shear zones have been extensively studied, yet the factors controlling their distinct evolutionary styles in natural settings remain debated. Understanding such fracture network architecture has great implications, such as predicting subsurface fluid flow and assessing seismic hazards.
Jiajun Chen, Zhanfeng Qiao, Tianfu Zhang, Uwe Ring, Shaoying Chang, Peng Cao, Mengxiu Wang, Yifan Du   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Earliest known lepisosteoid extends the range of anatomically modern gars to the Late Jurassic. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2017
Brito PM, Alvarado-Ortega J, Meunier FJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Exhumation History of the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado, From Mid‐ to Low‐Temperature Thermochronology: New Insights Into Laramide Contraction and Oligocene–Miocene Extension in the Northern Rio Grande Rift, USA

Tectonics, Volume 45, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract The Sangre de Cristo Range in southern Colorado records a complex tectonic history that includes Late Cretaceous–Eocene Laramide contraction and Oligocene–Quaternary Rio Grande rift extension. We present new thermochronologic data (40Ar/39Ar, fission‐track, (U‐Th)/He) and thermal history models that provide insight into this polyphase history ...
John Singleton, Samantha Malavarca, Alexis K. Ault, Omar Ghamedi, M. Cole Sitar, Paul O’Sullivan, Martin Wong, Jonathan Saul Caine, James Metcalf, Dylan Frawley, Jeffrey M. Rahl   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mesoscale Covariation in the Plant–Soil Neighbourhood of a South African Montane Grassland

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Plant–soil relationships are the foundation of terrestrial life, sustaining global ecosystems through biomass and food production, nutrient cycling and microbial activity, and ecosystem regulation. To better understand plant–soil relationships in a changing world, we investigated mesoscale covariation in the plant–soil neighbourhood of a South
Clinton Carbutt, Alan D. Manson, Timothy G. O'Connor, Sphesihle Mkhungo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative endocranial anatomy in the crocodylians Leidyosuchus canadensis and Stangerochampsa mccabei from the upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 2, Page 264-291, August 2026.
Leidyosuchus canadensis and Stangerochampsa mccabei share endocranial features such as posterior projection of a neurovascular canal in the maxilla and a paratympanic sinus system most similar to those of small‐bodied and young extant crocodylians, suggesting that these pedomorphic features may reflect the ancestral crocodylian condition.
G. Donzé, G. Perrichon, P. Vincent, F. Therrien, J. E. Martin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source