Neoproterozoic magmatism in the western and northern margins of the Yangtze Block (South China) controlled by slab subduction and subduction-transform-edge …

JH Zhao, QW Li, H Liu, W Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Craton consists of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks that were
welded together along the Jiangnan Fold Belt in the Neoproterozoic. The Neoproterozoic …

Neoproterozoic ophiolites of the Arabian-Nubian shield

RJ Stern, PR Johnson, A Kröner, B Yibas - Developments in Precambrian …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Ophiolites of mid-Neoproterozoic age are abundant in the Arabian-
Nubian Shield (ANS) of NE Africa and Arabia. The ANS ophiolitic mantle was mostly …

Geochemical fingerprinting of oceanic basalts with applications to ophiolite classification and the search for Archean oceanic crust

JA Pearce - Lithos, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Two geochemical proxies are particularly important for the identification and classification of
oceanic basalts: the Th–Nb proxy for crustal input and hence for demonstrating an oceanic …

Geochemistry of Neoproterozoic mafic intrusions in the Panzhihua district (Sichuan Province, SW China): Implications for subduction-related metasomatism in the …

JH Zhao, MF Zhou - Precambrian research, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Metasomatism above subduction zones is an important process that produces
heterogeneous mantle and thus a diversity of igneous rocks. In the Panzhihua district, on the …

FOZO, HIMU, and the rest of the mantle zoo

A Stracke, AW Hofmann, SR Hart - Geochemistry, geophysics …, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
The parameter μ describes the 238U/204Pb ratio of an Earth reservoir. Mantle domains
labeled HIMU (high μ) originally defined reservoirs with highly radiogenic Pb isotope ratios …

Recycling oceanic crust: Quantitative constraints

A Stracke, M Bizimis, VJM Salters - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recycled ancient oceanic crust with variable amounts of aging, or inclusion of sediments of
differing types and origins has often been invoked as a source for present‐day ocean island …

Crustal evolution in the East African Orogen: a neodymium isotopic perspective

RJ Stern - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2002‏ - Elsevier
The East African Orogen (EAO) is one of Earth's great collision zones, where East and West
Gondwana collided to form the supercontinentGreater Gondwana'orPannotia'at the end of …

The petrogenesis of A-type magmas from the Amram Massif, southern Israel

A Mushkin, O Navon, L Halicz, G Hartmann… - Journal of …, 2003‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The (∼ 550–530 Ma) alkaline magmatic suite of the Amram Massif, southern Israel,
was emplaced during the transition from an orogenic to an intra-plate tectonic setting in the …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporaneous assembly of Western Gondwana and final Rodinia break-up: implications for the supercontinent cycle

S Oriolo, P Oyhantçabal, K Wemmer… - Geoscience Frontiers, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Geological, geochronological and isotopic data are integrated in order to present a revised
model for the Neoproterozoic evolution of Western Gondwana. Although the classical …

Incompatible element ratios in oceanic basalts and komatiites: tracking deep mantle sources and continental growth rates with time

KC Condie - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ratios of elements with similar incompatibilities in the mantle can be used to characterize
magma sources through time. Nb/Y and Zr/Y distributions in oceanic basalts support the …