Earth's heterogeneous mantle: A product of convection-driven interaction between crust and mantle

A Stracke - Chemical Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Ubiquitous heterogeneity in the Earth's mantle has been documented by numerous
chemical and isotopic analyses of oceanic basalts. Despite the ever-increasing amount of …

Dike propagation in volcanic edifices: overview and possible developments

V Acocella, M Neri - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
Eruptions are fed by dikes; therefore, better knowledge of dike propagation is necessary to
improve our understanding of how magma is transferred and extruded at volcanoes. This …

A catalogue of deep mantle plumes: New results from finite‐frequency tomography

R Montelli, G Nolet, FA Dahlen… - Geochemistry …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
New finite‐frequency tomographic images of S‐wave velocity confirm the existence of deep
mantle plumes below a large number of known hot spots. We compare S‐anomaly images …

Long‐term volumetric eruption rates and magma budgets

SM White, JA Crisp, FJ Spera - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A global compilation of 170 time‐averaged volumetric volcanic output rates (Qe) is
evaluated in terms of composition and petrotectonic setting to advance the understanding of …

On the relative temperatures of Earth's volcanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges

X Bao, CR Lithgow-Bertelloni, MG Jackson… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Volcanic hotspots are thought to be fed by hot, active upwellings from the deep mantle, with
excess temperatures (T ex)~ 100° to 300° C higher than those of mid-ocean ridges …

Formation of enriched mantle components by recycling of upper and lower continental crust

M Willbold, A Stracke - Chemical Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
The origin of enriched mantle (EM) sources remains an unsolved problem for constraining
the composition and chemical evolution of the Earth's mantle, because a wealth of different …

Immiscible Transition from Carbonate-rich to Silicate-rich Melts in the 3 GPa Melting Interval of Eclogite + CO2 and Genesis of Silica-undersaturated Ocean Island …

R Dasgupta, MM Hirschmann, K Stalker - Journal of Petrology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We explore the partial melting behavior of a carbonated silica-deficient eclogite (SLEC1; 5
wt% CO2) from experiments at 3 GPa and compare the compositions of partial melts with …

Mantle plumes are oxidised

Y Moussallam, MA Longpré, C McCammon… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
From oxic atmosphere to metallic core, the Earth's components are broadly stratified with
respect to oxygen fugacity. A simple picture of reducing oxygen fugacity with depth may be …

Distinct formation history for deep-mantle domains reflected in geochemical differences

LS Doucet, ZX Li, H Gamal El Dien, A Pourteau… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The Earth's mantle is currently divided into the African and Pacific domains, separated by the
circum-Pacific subduction girdle, and each domain features a large low shear-wave velocity …

Primordial helium entrained by the hottest mantle plumes

MG Jackson, JG Konter, TW Becker - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Helium isotopes provide an important tool for tracing early-Earth, primordial reservoirs that
have survived in the planet's interior,,. Volcanic hotspot lavas, like those erupted at Hawaii …