Critical role of water in the formation of continental crust

WJ Collins, JB Murphy, TE Johnson, HQ Huang - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
Continental arcs are the sites of production of continental crust, but the origin of these
magmatic systems is not well understood. Although a number of processes have been …

The importance of H2O in arc magmas for the formation of porphyry Cu deposits

H Rezeau, O Jagoutz - Ore Geology Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Porphyry copper deposits (PCDs) hosted in subvolcanic intrusions at convergent margins
are the primary world's copper resources. However, the set of magmatic processes that lead …

Machine learning thermobarometry and chemometry using amphibole and clinopyroxene: a window into the roots of an arc volcano (Mount Liamuiga, Saint Kitts)

O Higgins, T Sheldrake, L Caricchi - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2022 - Springer
The physical and chemical properties of magma govern the eruptive style and behaviour of
volcanoes. Many of these parameters are linked to the storage pressure (P) and temperature …

Variable water input controls evolution of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc

GF Cooper, CG Macpherson, JD Blundy, B Maunder… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Oceanic lithosphere carries volatiles, notably water, into the mantle through subduction at
convergent plate boundaries. This subducted water exercises control on the production of …

Chemical differentiation by mineralogical buffering in crustal hot zones

J Blundy - Journal of Petrology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chemical diversity in convergent margin magmas is a product of igneous differentiation in
crustal hot zones, vertically extensive regions characterised by a low-volume (< 20%) mobile …

Eocene intra-plate shortening responsible for the rise of a faunal pathway in the northeastern Caribbean realm

M Philippon, JJ Cornée, P Münch… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Intriguing latest Eocene land-faunal dispersals between South America and the Greater
Antilles (northern Caribbean) has inspired the hypothesis of the GAARlandia (Greater …

Petrology of the 2020–21 effusive to explosive eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St Vincent: insights into plumbing system architecture and magma assembly …

G Weber, J Blundy, J Barclay, DM Pyle… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The 2020–21 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent began with extrusion of a viscous
lava dome, which was destroyed upon transition to a major explosive phase. Here we …

Diverse magma storage and major and volatile magma composition: What are the implications on the eruptive style across a volcanic arc? An example of the Lesser …

A Metcalfe, S Moune, JC Komorowski, R Robertson… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding variations in eruptive style and defining the processes and controls on
different eruption styles is particularly important at arc volcanoes. This is due to the range of …

Eruptive dynamics reflect crustal structure and mantle productivity beneath volcanoes

O Higgins, L Caricchi - Geology, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Volcanoes exhibit a wide range of eruptive and geochemical behavior, which has significant
implications for their associated risk. The suggested first-order drivers of intervolcanic …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging slab-transported fluids and their deep dehydration from seismic velocity tomography in the Lesser Antilles subduction zone

L Bie, S Hicks, A Rietbrock, S Goes, J Collier… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Volatiles play a pivotal role in subduction zone evolution, yet their pathways remain poorly
constrained. Studying the Lesser Antilles subduction zone can yield new constraints, where …