[HTML][HTML] Iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits–A review (part 1): Settings, mineralogy, ore geochemistry and classification

RG Skirrow - Ore Geology Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Characteristics of ten of the world's metallogenic provinces hosting iron oxide Cu-Au (IOCG)
deposits have been critically assessed, including their geological and tectonothermal …

Glacial isostatic adjustment: physical models and observational constraints

WR Peltier, PPC Wu, DF Argus, T Li… - Reports on Progress in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
By far the most prescient insights into the interior structure of the planet have been provided
on the basis of elastic wave seismology. Analysis of the travel times of shear or compression …

Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting

J Hua, KM Fischer, TW Becker, E Gazel, G Hirth - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
The asthenosphere plays a fundamental role in present-day plate tectonics as its low
viscosity controls how convection in the mantle below it is expressed at the Earth's surface …

Global frequency of oceanic and continental supershear earthquakes

H Bao, L Xu, L Meng, JP Ampuero, L Gao… - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Earthquakes are supershear when their rupture speed is faster than that of the seismic shear
waves produced. These events are rare, but they can be highly destructive owing to the …

Refertilized continental root controls the formation of the Mianning–Dechang carbonatite-associated rare-earth-element ore system

ZQ Hou, B Xu, H Zhang, YC Zheng, R Wang… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Rare earth element ore deposits associated with carbonatite derived from Earth's mantle
supply half of the world's rare earth element. However, the formation of carbonatite and …

Intraplate volcanism triggered by bursts in slab flux

BR Mather, RD Müller, M Seton, S Ruttor, O Nebel… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Long-lived, widespread intraplate volcanism without age progression is one of the most
controversial features of plate tectonics. Previously proposed edge-driven convection …

Catastrophic slab loss in southwestern Pangea preserved in the mantle and igneous record

GM Gianni, CR Navarrete - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Choiyoi Magmatic Province represents a major episode of silicic magmatism in
southwestern Pangea in the mid-Permian-Triassic, the origin of which remains intensely …

The tilted Iceland Plume and its effect on the North Atlantic evolution and magmatism

NL Celli, S Lebedev, AJ Schaeffer, C Gaina - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Iceland and the encompassing Northeast Atlantic are characterized by abundant volcanism,
anomalously high topography and, in many places, anomalously thick basaltic crust. This …

Seismically imaged lithospheric delamination and its controls on the Mesozoic Magmatic Province in South China

H Zhang, QT Lü, XL Wang, S Han, L Liu, L Gao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The current lithospheric root of the South China Block has been partly removed, yet what
mechanisms modified the lithospheric structure remain highly controversial. Here we use a …

SPiRaL: a multiresolution global tomography model of seismic wave speeds and radial anisotropy variations in the crust and mantle

NA Simmons, SC Myers, C Morency… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
SPiRaL is a joint global-scale model of wave speeds (P and S) and anisotropy (vertical
transverse isotropy, VTI) variations in the crust and mantle. The model is comprised of> 2.1 …