The Urey ratio describes the contribution of internal heat production to planetary‐scale
energy balance, and knowing this thermal budget for Earth is essential to understand its …

The subducting oceanic lithosphere may carry a large amount of chemically bound water
into the deep Earth interior, returning water to the mantle, facilitating melting, and hence …

Earth is so far the only planet that exhibits plate tectonics, and along with the right
heliocentric distance and the presence of surface water, plate tectonics is among necessary …

When continents break apart, the rifting is sometimes accompanied by the production of
large volumes of molten rock,,. The total melt volume, however, is uncertain, because only …

We present lithospheric‐scale analog models, investigating how the absolute plates' motion
and subduction of buoyant oceanic plateaus can affect both the kinematics and the …

We investigate the crustal structure of the SW Iberian margin along a 340km-long refraction
and wide-angle reflection seismic profile crossing from the central Gulf of Cadiz to the …

The structure and nature of the crust underlying the Santos Basin‐São Paulo Plateau
System (SSPS), in the SE Brazilian margin, are discussed based on five wide‐angle seismic …

The Caribbean plate is an enclosed oceanic basin whose formation and evolution are
controversial. In the most commonly accepted model, the Caribbean plate is mainly …

We present a new classification of geological domains at the Africa‐Eurasia plate boundary
off SW Iberia, together with a regional geodynamic reconstruction spanning from the …

Volcanic environments offer a unique combination for life development. UNESCO
recognized the Galapagos Islands as Natural World Heritage site due to the uniqueness of …