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Lithospheric heating by mantle plumes [PDF]

Geophysical Journal International, 1987
Summary. A broad topographic swell is associated with the Hawaiian hotspot. A kinematic model is developed assuming that downstream of the hotspot this swell is produced by lithospheric heating by a mantle plume. Material from the model plume flows radially in the asthenosphere and eventually heats the lower lithosphere.
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Thermal State and Thickness of the Lithospheric Mantle Beneath the Northern East-European Platform: Evidence from Clinopyroxene Xenocrysts in Kimberlite Pipes from the Arkhangelsk Region (NW Russia) and Its Applications in Diamond Exploration

Geosciences
This paper presents the reconstruction of the architecture of the lithospheric mantle, including its thermal state and thickness, as well as the scale and efficiency of its sampling by four kimberlites from the Arkhangelsk diamondiferous province ...
Elena Agasheva, Alyona Gudimova, Elena Malygina, Alexey Agashev, Alexey Ragozin, Elena Murav’eva, Anna Dymshits   +6 more
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Miocene to Quaternary Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of the Northern Section of the Burdur‐Fethiye Shear Zone, South‐Western Türkiye

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
New zircon ages reveal that lacustrine sedimentation initiated in the Late Miocene (Messinian), revising earlier Pliocene age assignments. The study results support the interpretation of the northern BFSZ as a broad left‐lateral transtensional shear zone rather than a discrete sinistral fault or simple extensional graben array.
İrem Elitez, Gürsel Sunal, Cenk Yaltırak, İsak Yılmaz   +3 more
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The lithospheric mantle and lower crust–mantle relationships under Scotland: a xenolithic perspective [PDF]

Journal of the Geological Society, 2011
Abstract: 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. This paper presents new data on the mineral chemistry of spinel lherzolite xenoliths from the five principal Scottish tectonic terranes ...
B. G. J. UPTON, H. DOWNES, BONADIMAN, Costanza, L. A. KIRSTEIN, P. G. HILL, T. NTAFLOS   +5 more
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Time constraints on the formation of lithospheric mantle beneath cratons: a re-Os isotope and platinum group element study of peridotite xenoliths from northern Canada and Lesotho, [PDF]

, 2001
Understanding the generation and evolution of cratonic lithospheric keels requires detailed knowledge of their age, timescale of formation, and the relationship between the crust and mantle part of the lithosphere.
Irvine, Gordon James
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Unraveling the Connection Between Subsurface Stress and Geomorphic Features

Geophysical Research Letters
The tectonic stress field induces surface deformation. At long wavelengths, both lithospheric heterogeneity (changes in the thickness and density of crust and lithospheric mantle) and basal tractions from mantle convection contribute to the stress field.
B. Kuhasubpasin, S. Moon, C. Lithgow‐Bertelloni   +2 more
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Petrogenesis and Tectonic Setting of Late Mesozoic Felsic Magmatic Rocks in the Wangmushan Mining District, Northern Fujian, South China

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
The rhyolitic ignimbrite and K‐feldspar granite porphyry from the Wangmushan mining district, northern Fujian yield ages of 173.8 ± 0.8 and 102.6 ± 0.4 Ma, respectively. Geochemical data, zircon trace elements, whole‐rock Sr–Nd–Pb isotope data, and zircon Hf isotopic compositions indicate that the rhyolitic ignimbrite originated from partial remelting ...
Wei Shaogang, Hong Wentao, Xiao Fan, Jin Guodong, Shi Hongyang, Ma Zhiwang, Wu Chen, Xue Yujingyang   +7 more
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A XENOLITH-BASED LITHOSPHERIC TRANSECT OF THE SLAVE CRATON, N.W.T., CANADA [PDF]

, 2012
During the last decade, the Canadian Slave craton has emerged as an important global diamond resource. Recent work on the sub-continental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) beneath this craton has yielded tantalising suggestions about its structure and ...
MATHER, KATHLEEN,ANN
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Ultramafic xenoliths from the Bearpaw Mountains, Montana, USA: evidence for multiple metasomatic events in the lithospheric mantle beneath the Wyoming craton [PDF]

, 2004
Ultramafic xenoliths in Eocene minettes of the Bearpaw Mountains volcanic field (Montana, USA), derived from the lower lithosphere of the Wyoming craton, can be divided based on textural criteria into tectonite and cumulate groups. The tectonites consist
James, D., MacDonald, R., Bodinier, J.L., Mason, P.R.D., Cox, K.G., Downes, Hilary, Hill, P.G., Upton, B.G.J., Hearn, B.C.   +8 more
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Lithospheric Mantle Heterogeneity Drives Delayed Magmatism and Wide Continent‐Ocean Transitions in Rifted Margins

Geophysical Research Letters
The formation of wide, magma‐starved continent–ocean transition (COT) zones remains incompletely understood. We use 2‐D thermo‐mechanical numerical experiments, coupling hydrous mantle melting with parameterized crustal accretion, to explore controls on ...
Yuan Wang, Zhonglan Liu
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