Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure

S Goderis, H Sato, L Ferrière, B Schmitz, D Burney… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction is marked globally by elevated
concentrations of iridium, emplaced by a hypervelocity impact event 66 million years ago …

Basalts and picrites from a plume-type ophiolite in the South Qilian Accretionary Belt, Qilian Orogen: accretion of a Cambrian Oceanic Plateau?

Y Zhang, S Song, L Yang, L Su, Y Niu, MB Allen, X Xu - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Oceanic plateaus with high-Mg rocks in the present-day oceanic crust have attracted much
attention for their proposed mantle-plume origins and abnormally high mantle potential …

[HTML][HTML] The komatiite-mantle platinum-group element paradox

P Waterton, J Mungall, DG Pearson - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
The platinum-group element (PGE) contents of komatiites have been used to estimate the
PGE contents of their mantle sources and investigate temporal variations in the PGE …

Geochemistry and SmNd isotope systematics of mafic-ultramafic rocks from the Babina and Mauranipur greenstone belts, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for …

PK Singh, SK Verma, JA Moreno, VK Singh… - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
The Paleoarchean geodynamical evolution of the Bundelkhand Craton is discussed based
on the geochemistry (major, trace and rare earth elements) and Sm single bond Nd isotope …

[HTML][HTML] Petrogenesis of 3.15 Ga old Banasandra komatiites from the Dharwar craton, India: Implications for early mantle heterogeneity

JM Maya, R Bhutani, S Balakrishnan, SR Sandhya - Geoscience Frontiers, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Spinifex-textured, magnesian (MgO> 25 wt.%) komatiites from Mesoarchean
Banasandra greenstone belt of the Sargur Group in the Dharwar craton, India were …

Olivine in komatiite records origin and travel from the deep upper mantle

A Wilson, R Bolhar - Geology, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The deep upper mantle is the main source of high-temperature magmatism, but the only
known naturally occurring samples of high-pressure mantle constituents are mineral …

Coexisting Nb-enriched basalts and arc volcanic rocks in the northern Qiangtang Terrane, China: Implications for the effects of ambient mantle on subduction zone …

Z Zhang, SS Chen, DW Sun, S Gao - Bulletin, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The petrogenesis of Nb-enriched basalts (NEBs) is controversial. NEBs are generally
considered to form by melting of either a mixed enriched and depleted mantle source or a …

The origin of highly radiogenic Hf isotope compositions in 3.33 Ga Commondale komatiite lavas (South Africa)

JE Hoffmann, AH Wilson - Chemical Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Drill core samples from the 3.33 Ga high-alumina-type Commondale komatiites from the
southern Kaapvaal craton (South Africa) were analysed for major, trace elements and Hf …

[HTML][HTML] The Paleoarchean Buffalo River komatiites: Progressive melting of a single large mantle plume beneath the growing Kaapvaal craton

T Netshidzivhe, S Tappe, AH Wilson, A Ishikawa… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
Several Archean granitoid-greenstone terranes are exposed on the southeastern Kaapvaal
craton in South Africa, but they received little scientific attention compared to the archetypal …

Highly siderophile elements in shergottite sulfides and the sulfur content of the martian mantle

M Paquet, JMD Day, A Udry, R Hattingh… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Shergottite meteorites are ultramafic to mafic igneous rocks derived from partial melting of
distinct regions of the martian mantle. As such, they trace magmatic processes, including …