LIP printing: Use of immobile element proxies to characterize Large Igneous Provinces in the geologic record

JA Pearce, RE Ernst, DW Peate, C Rogers - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
LIP printing is a term adapted from forensic science to describe the use of geochemical
proxies for tectonic and petrogenetic fingerprinting of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs). Here …

An overview of chalcophile element contents of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite from magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits

ET Mansur, SJ Barnes, CJ Duran - Mineralium Deposita, 2021 - Springer
We have compiled the trace element concentrations in pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite,
and pyrite from magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits with the aim of understanding their …

The geotectonic setting, age and mineral deposit inventory of global layered intrusions

WD Smith, WD Maier - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present paper, we have compiled data on 565 layered and differentiated igneous
intrusions globally, documenting their (i) location,(ii) age,(iii) size,(iv) geotectonic setting,(v) …

Massive chromitites of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: A critical review of existing hypotheses

RM Latypov, SY Chistyakova, C Letsoele - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The controversy over the origin of massive chromitites in layered intrusions has recently
become more contentious than ever before. At issue is whether they are produced via …

Sheared peridotite and megacryst formation beneath the Kaapvaal craton: a snapshot of tectonomagmatic processes across the lithosphere–asthenosphere transition

S Tappe, M Massuyeau, KA Smart… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The cratonic lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary is commonly invoked as the site of
sheared peridotite and megacryst formation, a well-recognized petrological assemblage …

Is plate tectonics a post-Archean phenomenon? A petrological perspective

M Brown, JA Pearce, TE Johnson - Journal of the Geological …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The petrogenesis of contemporary igneous and metamorphic rocks is commonly explained
by plate tectonics, but how far back in time does this relationship hold? Here we investigate …

The Rustenburg Layered Suite formed as a stack of mush with transient magma chambers

Z Yao, JE Mungall, MC Jenkins - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Complex of South Africa is a vast
layered accumulation of mafic and ultramafic rocks. It has long been regarded as a textbook …

Trace element contents of mantle-derived magmas through time

SJ Barnes, M Williams, RH Smithies… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A large compilation of quality-curated major and trace element data has been assembled to
investigate how trace element patterns of mafic and ultramafic magmas have varied with …

Low-sulfide platinum–palladium deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana layered complex, Kola Region, Russia

NY Groshev, TV Rundkvist, BT Karykowski, WD Maier… - Minerals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Several deposits of low-sulfide Pt–Pd ores have been discovered in recent decades in the
Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex located in the Kola Region (Murmansk …

The COMAGMAT-5: modeling the effect of Fe–Ni sulfide immiscibility in crystallizing magmas and cumulates

AA Ariskin, KA Bychkov, GS Nikolaev… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Details of the calibration and testing of the first 'sulfide version'of the COMAGMAT magma
crystallization model (version 5· 2, 2012–2014) are presented. The model's updated …