Earth's mantle composition revealed by mantle plumes

D Weis, KS Harpp, LN Harrison, M Boyet… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Mantle plumes originate at depths near the core− mantle boundary (~ 2,800 km). As such,
they provide invaluable information about the composition of the deep mantle and insight …

Geochemical evidence for mélange melting in global arcs

SG Nielsen, HR Marschall - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
In subduction zones, sediments and hydrothermally altered oceanic crust, which together
form part of the subducting slab, contribute to the chemical composition of lavas erupted at …

Chemical geodynamics insights from a machine learning approach

A Stracke, M Willig, F Genske… - Geochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The radiogenic isotope heterogeneity of oceanic basalts is often assessed using 2D isotope
ratio diagrams. But because the underlying data are at least six dimensional (87Sr/86Sr …

The multiple depleted mantle components in the Hawaiian-Emperor chain

LN Harrison, D Weis, MO Garcia - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Oceanic island basalts are targeted for geochemical study because they provide a direct
window into mantle composition and a wealth of information on the dynamics and …

A process-oriented approach to mantle geochemistry

A Stracke - Chemical Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
The numerous chemical and isotopic studies of oceanic basalts have shaped our perception
of mantle geochemistry over the last six decades. As partial melts of Earth's mantle, basalts …

The link between Hawaiian mantle plume composition, magmatic flux, and deep mantle geodynamics

LN Harrison, D Weis, MO Garcia - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Oceanic island basalts sample mantle reservoirs that are isotopically and compositionally
heterogeneous. The Hawaiian–Emperor chain represents∼ 85 Myr of volcanism supplied …

Toward a Greater Kerguelen large igneous province: Evolving mantle source contributions in and around the Indian Ocean

HKH Olierook, RE Merle, F Jourdan - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
The link between the Kerguelen large igneous province and several moderately-voluminous
magmatic domains emplaced on continental crust near the relict triple junction of eastern …

New age and geochemical data from the Walvis Ridge: The temporal and spatial diversity of South Atlantic intraplate volcanism and its possible origin

S Homrighausen, K Hoernle, F Hauff, JA Wartho… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Long-lived spatial geochemical zonation of the Tristan-Gough and Discovery hotspot tracks
and temporal variations from EMI-type basement to HIMU-type late-stage volcanism at the …

Evolution of Late Oligocene-Early Miocene attached and isolated carbonate platforms in a volcanic ridge context (Maldives type), Yadana field, offshore Myanmar

V Paumard, E Zuckmeyer, R Boichard, SJ Jorry… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates the stratigraphic evolution of the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene
carbonate platforms of the Yadana area (offshore Myanmar). Well data, regional 2D and …

What causes mass extinctions? Large asteroid/comet impacts, flood-basalt volcanism, and ocean anoxia—Correlations and cycles

MR Rampino, K Caldeira, A Prokoph - 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
What causes recurrent mass extinctions of life? We find that the ages of 10 of the 11 well-
documented extinction episodes of the last 260 my show correlations, at very high …