An updated catalogue of New Zealand's mantle peridotite and serpentinite

JM Scott - New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
New Zealand has a remarkably large number of exhumed mantle occurrences for a small
exposed landmass. Since the last regional syntheses of peridotite (1987) and serpentinite …

A review of the composition and chemistry of peridotite mantle xenoliths in volcanic rocks from Antarctica and their relevance to petrological and geophysical models …

AP Martin - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This chapter reviews the geochemistry and petrology of mantle peridotite xenoliths from
across Antarctica, including parameters that are of most relevance to geophysical studies …

The seismic structure of the Antarctic upper mantle

DA Wiens, W Shen, AJ Lloyd - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The deployment of seismic stations and the development of ambient noise tomography as
well as new analysis methods provide an opportunity for higher-resolution imaging of …

Composition and Miocene deformation of the lithospheric mantle adjacent to the Marlborough Fault System in North Canterbury

SJ Bonnington, JM Scott, MC Palmer… - New Zealand Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mantle xenoliths in a nephelinite in the Little Lottery River provide insight into the Miocene
mantle adjacent to the Australia-Pacific plate boundary in N Canterbury. The xenoliths …

Rejuvenation of the lithospheric mantle beneath the orogens: Constraints from elemental geochemistry and Os isotopes in mantle xenoliths

SH Zhou, Q Shu, DG Pearson, D Li, Y Xu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Continental orogens that involve subduction and collision are important target areas for
studying the growth, stabilization and transformation of Earth's continents. In particular, the …

Osmium isotopes in peridotite xenoliths reveal major mid-Proterozoic lithosphere formation under the Transantarctic Mountains

JM Scott, DG Pearson, J Liu, A Auer, AF Cooper… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Osmium isotopes, whole rock and mineral geochemical data from peridotite xenoliths from
two Miocene McMurdo Volcanic Group cinder cones in the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) …

Multistage melt/fluid modification of lithospheric mantle beneath the circum-cratonic orogenic belt: Evidence from the Tuoyun peridotite xenoliths

X Bian, Y Su, J Zheng, J Wang… - Geological …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The juvenile and moderate refractory mantle beneath the circum-cratonic orogenic belt is
traditionally believed to be hotter and thinner than the ancient refractory cratonic mantle; it is …

Garnet pyroxenite cumulates from Cretaceous alkaline intraplate magmas underplate the Zealandia mantle lithosphere

JM Scott, M Brenna, DG Pearson, A Auer… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The elemental and isotopic properties of garnet pyroxenites can yield information on
lithospheric mantle composition, thermal state, and evolution. The 34Ma Kakanui Mineral …

An introduction to the geochemistry and geophysics of the Antarctic mantle

AP Martin, W van der Wal, B de Boer - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Antarctic mantle, bounded between the core and the Mohorovičić discontinuity, is one of
the most difficult targets of study on Earth because of ice cover and rare outcrops. A …