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Long‐Lasting Volcanism of the Moon Aided by the Switch in Dominant Mechanisms of Magma Ascent: Role of Localized Radioactive Enrichment in a Numerical Model of Magmatism and Mantle Convection

Geophysical Research Letters
Significant volcanic activity continued for billions of years since 3.5–4 Gyr ago in the Procellarum KREEP Terrane (PKT) of the Moon, but not so significant outside the PKT.
Ken'yo U, Masanori Kameyama, Gaku Nishiyama, Takehiro Miyagoshi, Masaki Ogawa   +4 more
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Mapping High‐TDS Groundwater Near Impoundments Using Ground and Waterborne Towed Electromagnetics

Groundwater, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐term monitoring at landfills and impoundments containing coal combustion products (CCPs) or other industrial wastes is essential for detecting possible leachate releases to groundwater and mapping contamination plumes. This study evaluates a novel, non‐invasive geophysical approach—towed time‐domain electromagnetic (TEM) surveys—for non ...
Piyoosh Jaysaval, Jonathan N. Thomle, Esteban J. Bowles‐Martinez, Rebecca L. Kreuzer, Frederick D. Day‐Lewis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction to special section: Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project [PDF]

, 1996
Intraplate or "hot spot" volcanic island chains, exemplified by Hawaii, play an important role in plate tectonic theory as reference points for absolute plate motions, but the origin of these volcanoes is not explained by the plate tectonic paradigm ...
DePaolo, Donald J., Stolper, Edward M., Thomas, Donald M.   +2 more
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Mantle roots of the Emeishan plume: an evaluation based on teleseismic P-wave tomography [PDF]

Solid Earth, 2017
The voluminous magmatism associated with large igneous provinces (LIPs) is commonly correlated to upwelling plumes from the core–mantle boundary (CMB). Here we analyse seismic tomographic data from the Emeishan LIP in southwestern China.
C. He, M. Santosh, M. Santosh
doaj   +1 more source

Noble Gases in Mantle Plumes

Science, 2001
Trieloff et al . ([1][1]) provided neon isotope data to argue that mantle neon originates as a trapped component in meteorites rather than having a pristine solar composition. That finding, if true, has important consequences for understanding the mechanism of volatile input into the mantle ...
Ballentine, C, Porcelli, D, Wieler, R
openaire   +2 more sources

Exploring the Gravimetric and Geochronological Links in Ancient Terranes of the São Francisco Craton and Borborema Province, NE‐Brazil

Terra Nova, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deep crustal fragments and structural lineaments identified through satellite gravity data provide evidence for the extension of the reworked ancient basement of the Central African Block into the northern São Francisco Craton and southern Borborema Province.
Douglas Teixeira Martins, Wagner da Silva Amaral, Felipe Holanda dos Santos, Evilarde Uchôa Filho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cryogenian Glacial Erosion and Tectonics as Agents of Crustal Recycling

Terra Nova, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Zircon preserves evidence of recycling processes that link surface environments to the mantle. Combined δ18O‐εHf in zircon fingerprints magmatic sources and tracks how crustal material is reworked over time. We apply statistical analyses to a global compilation that apparently resolves shifts in zircon U–Pb, δ18O, and Lu‐Hf data spanning the ...
M. Seraine, C. J. Spencer, T. M. Gernon, T. Hincks, C. L. Kirkland, E. Rugen, L. DaSilva, H. Shafaii Moghadam, L. P. Soares, G. Fazio   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The elastic constants of MgSiO3 perovskite at pressures and temperatures of the Earth's mantle

, 2009
The temperature anomalies in the Earth's mantle associated with thermal convection1 can be inferred from seismic tomography, provided that the elastic properties of mantle minerals are known as a function of temperature at mantle pressures.
AR Oganov, Artem R. Oganov, BB Karki, BLN Kennett, C Cavazzoni, C da Silva, D Alfé, DA Yuen, DC Wallace, DL Anderson, E Knittle, F Ancilotto, F Buda, G Kresse, G Masters, G Shen, G. David Price, GS Robertson, JC Castle, John P. Brodholt, M Matsui, M O'Keeffe, O Sugino, P Hohenberg, R Car, S Nosé, S-i Karato, SE Kesson, W Kohn, Y Wang   +29 more
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Ocean rises are products of variable mantle composition, temperature and focused melting [PDF]

, 2014
Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2014. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Nature Publishing Group for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Nature Geoscience 8 (2015): 68-
Dick, Henry J. B., Zhou, Huaiyang
core   +1 more source

Giant Porphyry Copper Deposits Caused by a Slab Jamming in the Mantle Transition Zone

Terra Nova, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Two giant porphyry copper deposits in the Southern Central Andes formed during the Miocene–Pliocene transition when a bend in the subducting Juan de Fernández hotspot chain jammed in the mantle transition zone, causing mega‐scale slab‐kinking. This geometry implies mechanical resistance that caused East–West compression and eventually a thrust‐
Nipaporn Nakrong, Marnie Forster, Wim Spakman, Hielke Jelsma, Francois Gaboury, Gordon Lister   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source