Destruction and regrowth of lithospheric mantle beneath large igneous provinces

SN Stephenson, PW Ball, FD Richards - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are formed by enormous (ie, frequently> 106 km3) but short-
lived magmatic events that have profound effects upon global geodynamic, tectonic, and …

Episodic kilometre-scale burial and exhumation and the importance of missing section

P Green, I Duddy, P Japsen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The incompleteness of the stratigraphical record is well documented, and the concept of
“missing time” has attracted renewed attention in recent years. However, the importance of …

Global influence of mantle temperature and plate thickness on intraplate volcanism

PW Ball, NJ White, J Maclennan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The thermochemical structure of lithospheric and asthenospheric mantle exert primary
controls on surface topography and volcanic activity. Volcanic rock compositions and mantle …

Quantifying the relationship between short‐wavelength dynamic topography and thermomechanical structure of the upper mantle using calibrated parameterization of …

FD Richards, MJ Hoggard, N White… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oceanic residual depth varies on 5,000 km wavelengths with amplitudes of±1 km. A
component of this short‐wavelength signal is dynamic topography caused by convective …

The post-Caledonian thermo-tectonic evolution of Fennoscandia

PF Green, P Japsen, JM Bonow, JA Chalmers… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
The evolution of Fennoscandia following the early Devonian collapse of the Caledonian
mountains is a matter of debate, due largely to the scarcity of post-Caledonian cover rocks …

[HTML][HTML] Episodes of post-Caledonian burial and exhumation in Greenland and Fennoscandia

P Japsen, PF Green, JA Chalmers, JM Bonow - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The forces that drive uplift of the continental lithosphere outside collision zones are a topic of
considerable dispute. Here we review our studies of the post-Caledonian development of …

Climate aridity delays morphological response of Andean river valleys to tectonic uplift

RM Harries, F Aron, LA Kirstein - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In the south Central Andes, a complex relationship between climate, tectonics,
erosion and topography is well documented. Building on recent advances in the mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Relative sea level response to mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediment loading along the Great Barrier Reef margin

Y Lin, PL Whitehouse, FD Hibbert, SA Woodroffe… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The continental shelf along northeastern Australia is the world's largest mixed carbonate-
siliciclastic passive margin and the location of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Following sea …

Observations and models of dynamic topography: Current status and future directions

DR Davies, S Ghelichkhan, MJ Hoggard… - Dynamics of plate …, 2023 - Elsevier
The slow cree** motion of Earth's mantle drives transient changes in surface topography
across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Recent decades have seen substantial …

Evidence for active upper mantle flow in the Atlantic and Indo-Australian realms since the Upper Jurassic from hiatus maps and spreading rate changes

B Vilacís, JN Hayek, IL Stotz… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Histories of large-scale horizontal and vertical lithosphere motion hold important information
on mantle convection. Here, we compare continent-scale hiatus maps as a proxy for mantle …