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Does the Bushveld-Vredefort system (South Africa) record the largest known terrestrial impact catastrophe? [PDF]
The unique 2.05-Ga Bushveld and Vredefort complexes cover 100,000 sq km (diameter 400 km) on the otherwise stable Kaapvaal craton. Since the 1920's, workers have recognized that they are bracketed by the same units and were probably formed by related ...
Elston, W. E.
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Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 40, Issue 5, 15 March 2026.ABSTRACT Rationale Laser ablation mass spectrometry provides fast and direct chemical information of solids with high spatial resolution without the need for complex sample preparation. It has been shown that reducing the laser pulse length below picoseconds improves the quantification of chemical composition measurements of solids. This study compares
Valentine Grimaudo +3 more
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Comparison of lunar rocks and meteorites: Implications to histories of the moon and parent meteorite bodies [PDF]
A number of similarities between lunar and meteoritic rocks are reported and suggest that the comparison is essential for a clear understanding of meteorites as probes of the early history of the solar systems: (1) Monomict and polymict breccias occur in
Fodor, R. V., Keil, K., Prinz, M.
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Cooling climate across last interglacial high stands on San Salvador and Great Inagua, The Bahamas
The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.Temperature data comparison with last interglacial mollusc clumped isotope data from this study, as well as from Bermuda (Minnebo et al., 2024; Zhang et al., 2021). The ‘later’ and ‘earlier’ ages within MIS 5e refer to Reef II and Reef I, respectively, for Bahamas data.
Ian Winkelstern +6 more
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Mechanisms of near‐normal sea water dolomitisation: Mesohaline‐reflux or syn‐depositional?
The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.This study investigates the dolomitisation of the Eocene Dammam Formation on the Arabian Plate using petrographic, mineralogical, geochemical and isotopic analyses. The findings reveal two distinct dolomite types, formed primarily through normal‐to‐mesohaline sea water dolomitisation, challenging previous models such as sabkha‐meteoric mixing.
Misbahu Abdullahi +3 more
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Carbonate sedimentology: An evolved discipline
The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.Abstract Although admired and examined since antiquity, carbonate sediment and rock research really began with Charles Darwin who, during a discovery phase, studied, documented and interpreted their nature in the mid‐19th century. The modern discipline, however, really began after World War II and evolved in two distinct phases.
Noel P. James, Peir K. Pufahl
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The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.Sediments, unlithified and lithified microbial mats in the Salar de Atacama, are formed by similar pathways involving coupled precipitation of authigenic Mg silicate and calcium carbonate. Differences in products reflect differences in the initial distribution of organic biomass.
Erica P. Suosaari +7 more
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The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.We propose that one of the largest known bioconstructions (the Monte Zenone bioherm) in the Southern Alps, northern Italy, and its growth on a tilted and drowned platform block of the Norian Dolomia Principale was controlled by hydrothermal dolomitisation from fault‐controlled fluids during the Late Triassic–Early Jurassic rifting phase. Dolomitisation
Martin Müller +3 more
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 131, Issue 2, February 2026.Abstract The Mont Blanc granite, as other deformed granites, has splitting properties attributed to two perpendicular planes: one formed by aligned fractures and the other by aligned micas in foliation planes. It is shown that this microstructure results from ductile deformation with stress‐driven dissolution of quartz and feldspar that passively ...
Jean‐Pierre Gratier +2 more
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