The BepiColombo mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer: science goals, instrument performance and operations

EJ Bunce, A Martindale, S Lindsay, K Muinonen… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer is a highly novel instrument that is
designed to map Mercury's elemental composition from orbit at two angular resolutions. By …

Cumulate formation and melt extraction from mush-dominated magma reservoirs: the melt flush process exemplified at mid-ocean ridges

M Boulanger, L France - Journal of Petrology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Volcanism is the surface expression of extensive magmatic systems, with their intrusive
counterpart representing~ 80% of the total magma budget. Our knowledge of igneous …

Evidence for multi-stage melt transport in the lower ocean crust: the Atlantis Bank Gabbroic Massif (IODP Hole U1473A, SW Indian Ridge)

WQ Zhang, CZ Liu, HJB Dick - Journal of Petrology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The architecture of lower oceanic crust at slow-and ultraslow-spreading ridge is diverse, yet
the mechanisms that produce this diversity are not well understood. Particularly, the 660 …

Porosity evolution of mafic crystal mush during reactive flow

MLM Gleeson, CJ Lissenberg… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence of the “mush paradigm” has raised several questions for conventional
models of magma storage and extraction: how are melts extracted to form eruptible liquid …

Isotopically enriched N‐MORB: A new geochemical signature of off‐axis plume‐ridge interaction—A case study at 50° 28′ E, Southwest Indian Ridge

AY Yang, TP Zhao, MF Zhou… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Interaction between the Southwest Indian Ridge (46° E and 52° 20′ E) and Crozet
hotspot has been proposed by geophysical studies but remains controversial mostly due to …

Magma‐mush interactions in the lower oceanic crust: Insights from Atlantis bank layered series (Southwest Indian Ridge)

M Boulanger, L France, C Ferrando… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magma migration and differentiation processes are key to understanding the development
and evolution of oceanic magma reservoirs. To provide new quantitative geochemical …

Chemical heterogeneities reveal early rapid cooling of Apollo Troctolite 76535

WS Nelson, JE Hammer, T Shea, E Hellebrand… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The evolution of the lunar interior is constrained by samples of the magnesian suite of rocks
returned by the Apollo missions. Reconciling the paradoxical geochemical features of this …

Magma reservoir formation and evolution at a slow-spreading center (Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge)

M Boulanger, L France, JRL Deans… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Several ODP-IODP expeditions drilled oceanic core complexes interpreted as exhumed
portions of lower crust close to the ridge axis, and provide the community with invaluable …

MORB melt transport through Atlantis Bank oceanic batholith (SW Indian Ridge)

WQ Zhang, HJB Dick, CZ Liu, YZ Lin… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Atlantis Bank Oceanic Batholith is a 660 km2 gabbro massif representing the
plutonic foundation of a major ridge magmatic center. It was continuously accreted …

Petrogenesis of high-alumina basalts: Implications for magmatic processes associated with the opening of the South China Sea

W Wang, L Tian, PR Castillo, T Wu, Y Dong, H Liu… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Results of International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expeditions on the
northern continental margin of the South China Sea (SCS) have nullified the early notion …