Despite its low abundance in most rocks, zircon is extraordinarily useful in interpreting
crustal histories. The importance of U-Th-Pb isotopic dating of zircon is well and long …

In this chapter, an overview of the findings to date from laboratory measurements of diffusion
of cations in the accessory mineral phases zircon, monazite, apatite, titanite (sphene) and …

The processes involved in the formation and storage of magma within the Earth's upper crust
are of fundamental importance to volcanology. Many volcanic eruptions, including some of …

Abstract Early History of Mantle GeochemistryUntil the arrival of the theories of plate
tectonics and seafloor spreading in the 1960s, the Earth's mantle was generally believed to …

Although the Ostwald ripening approach is often utilized to manufacture single hollow metal
oxide, constructing hollow binary oxide heterostructures as potent photoelectrochemical …

Mantle metasomatism is a relatively recent concept introduced in the early 1970s when
detailed studies of lithospheric mantle rock fragments (xenoliths), brought to the surface of in …

The 182Hf–182W systematics of meteoritic and planetary samples provide firm constraints
on the chronology of the accretion and earliest evolution of asteroids and terrestrial planets …

The Lu2. 98Ce0. 01Y0. 01Al5O12 and Y2. 99Ce0. 01Al5O12 phosphors were synthesized
by solid state reaction at temperature 1623 K and pressure 1.5× 107 Pa in (95% N2+ 5 …

Sector-zoned clinopyroxene is common in igneous rocks, but has been overlooked in the
study of magmatic processes. Whilst concentric zoning is commonly used as a record of …

We report mineralogical and chemical compositions of spinel peridotite xenoliths from two
Tertiary alkali basalt localities on the Archean North China craton (Hannuoba, located in the …