Insolation driven variations of Mercury’s lithospheric strength [PDF]
, 2010 Mercury's coupled 3:2 spin-orbit resonance in conjunction with its relatively high eccentricity of ~0.2 and near-zero obliquity results in both a latitudinal and longitudinal variation in annual average solar insolation and thus equatorial hot and cold ...
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The development of magmatism along the Cameroon Volcanic Line: evidence from seismicity and seismic anisotropy [PDF]
, 2014 The Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL) straddles the continent-ocean boundary in West Africa but exhibits no clear age progression. This renders it difficult to explain by traditional plume/plate motion hypotheses; thus, there remains no consensus on the ...
Bastow, I.D. +5 more
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2012 Recent advances in computational petrological modeling provide accurate methods for computing seismic velocities and density within the lithospheric and sub‐lithospheric mantle, given the bulk composition, temperature, and pressure within them.
J. Fullea +4 more
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The lithospheric mantle and lower crust-mantle relationships under Scotland: a xenolithic perspective [PDF]
, 2011 In the British Isles the majority of volcanic rocks containing upper mantle and lower crustal xenoliths occur in Scotland. Most of the occurrences are of Carboniferous–Permian age.
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The Hudson Bay Lithospheric Experiment (HuBLE) : Insights into Precambrian Plate Tectonics and the Development of Mantle Keels [PDF]
, 2015 The UK component of HuBLE was supported by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant NE/F007337/1, with financial and logistical support from the Geological Survey of Canada, Canada–Nunavut Geoscience Office, SEIS-UK (the seismic node of NERC ...
Bastow, I. D. +8 more
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Natural evidence for garnet-spinel transition (GST) in the Earth's mantle [PDF]
, 2008 This study based on compiled world-wide garnet peridotite data confirms the GST in high P and T conditions, which was obtained from Al-free experimental system (MgO-Cr~2~O~3~-SiO~2~) by Klemme (2004). A new spinel-phase peridotite zone, garnet peridotite
BenXun Su
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Scientific Reports, 2021 The North China craton (NCC) was dominated by tectonic extension from late Cretaceous to Cenozoic, yet seismic studies on the relationship between crust extension and lithospheric mantle deformation are scarce.
Xingpeng Dong +4 more
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Reconciling the shadow of a subduction signature with rift geochemistry and tectonic environment in Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica [PDF]
, 2016 Basalt-trachyte volcanoes in the Marie Byrd Land (MBL) Cenozoic province lie along the Amundsen Sea coast on the north flank of the West Antarctic rift.
Choi, Sung Hi +4 more
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Plume-Induced Subduction Initiation: Revisiting Models and Observations
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Subduction initiation induced by a hot and buoyant mantle plume head is unique among proposed subduction initiation mechanisms because it does not require pre-existing weak zones or other forces for lithospheric collapse.
Marzieh Baes +6 more
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The formation of Laurentia : Evidence from shear wave splitting [PDF]
, 2017 The authors would like to thank A. Walker for invaluable help understanding the MSAT forward modelling code, as well as A. Boyce, L. Petrescu, and C.
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