Tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America in the mantle reference frame: an update

JL Pindell, L Kennan - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
We present an updated synthesis of the widely accepted 'single-arc Pacific-origin'and
'Yucatán-rotation'models for Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico evolution, respectively. Fourteen …

[HTML][HTML] A new method of discriminating different types of post-Archean ophiolitic basalts and their tectonic significance using Th-Nb and Ce-Dy-Yb systematics

E Saccani - Geoscience Frontiers, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new discrimination diagram using absolute measures of Th and Nb is
applied to post-Archean ophiolites to best discriminate a large number of different ophiolitic …

Mantle plume or slab window?: Physical and geochemical constraints on the origin of the Caribbean oceanic plateau

AR Hastie, AC Kerr - Earth-Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
The Caribbean oceanic plateau formed in the Pacific realm when it erupted onto the
Farallon plate from the Galapagos hotspot at∼ 90Ma. The plateau was subsequently …

Review of geochronologic and geochemical data of the Greater Antilles volcanic arc and implications for the evolution of oceanic arcs

HY Hu, RJ Stern, Y Rojas‐Agramonte… - Geochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica plus the
Virgin Islands host fragments of the fossil convergent margin that records Cretaceous …

[HTML][HTML] Four billion years of ophiolites reveal secular trends in oceanic crust formation

H Furnes, M De Wit, Y Dilek - Geoscience Frontiers, 2014 - Elsevier
We combine a geological, geochemical and tectonic dataset from 118 ophiolite complexes
of the major global Phanerozoic orogenic belts with similar datasets of ophiolites from 111 …

Asthenosphere–lithosphere interaction triggered by a slab window during ridge subduction: trace element and Sr–Nd–Hf–Os isotopic evidence from Late …

GJ Tang, DA Wyman, Q Wang, J Li, ZX Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Tholeiites occur in a variety of geological settings, eg, mid-ocean ridge, back-arc basin,
ocean island, island arc and intra-continent, and their geochemical and isotopic …

The Greater Antillean Arc: Early Cretaceous origin and proposed relationship to Central American subduction mélanges: implications for models of Caribbean …

J Pindell, WV Maresch, U Martens… - International Geology …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We integrate known and suspected Meso-American plate motions with the geochronology of
Caribbean arcs and Central American HP/LT belts to promote two primary concepts. The first …

Geochemistry of rare high-Nb basalt lavas: Are they derived from a mantle wedge metasomatised by slab melts?

AR Hastie, SF Mitchell, AC Kerr, MJ Minifie… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2011 - Elsevier
Compositionally, high-Nb basalts are similar to HIMU (high U/Pb) ocean island basalts,
continental alkaline basalts and alkaline lavas formed above slab windows. Tertiary alkaline …

Behavioral differences between weathering and pedogenesis in a subtropical humid granitic terrain: Implications for chemical weathering intensity evaluation

H Mei, X Jian, W Zhang, H Fu, S Zhang - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Continental weathering plays a crucial role in the evolution of the Earth's surface by linking
Earth's spheres, sha** landscapes and regulating chemical cycles and global climate …

Niobium-enriched basalts: Partial melting of a sediment-metasomatised mantle source in subduction zones?

Q Zhang, GJ Tang, Z Wu, J Li - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Crust–mantle interaction and arc magmatism in subduction zones record the global
recycling of elements from Earth's surface to its interior. Nb-enriched basalts are specific to …