A mineral that forms under conditions as variable as diagenesis to deep subduction, melt
crystallization to low temperature alteration, and that retains information on time …

Chemical geodynamics is an integrated discipline that studies the geochemical structure
and tectonic evolution of geospheres with the aim of linking tectonic processes to …

Crustal recycling at convergent plate boundaries is essential to mantle heterogeneity.
However, crustal signatures in the mantle source of basaltic rocks above subduction zones …

Earth's carbon, derived from planetesimals in the 1 AU region during accretion of the Solar
System, still retains similarities to carbon found in meteorites (Marty et al. 2013) even after …

Diffusion of Pb was characterized in natural and synthetic zircon under a range of
conditions. In most experiments, mixtures of Pb sulfate and ground zircon were used as the …

Porphyry deposits arguably represent the most economically important class of nonferrous
metallic mineral resources. These magmatic-hydrothermal deposits are characterized by …

The oxygen isotope ratios of Phanerozoic zircons from kimberlite pipes in the Kaapvaal
Craton of southern Africa and the Siberian Platform vary from 4.7 to 5.9‰ VSMOW. High …

Despite its low abundance in most rocks, zircon is extraordinarily useful in interpreting
crustal histories. The importance of U-Th-Pb isotopic dating of zircon is well and long …

Partial melting at continental lithosphere depths plays an important role in generating
geochemical variations in igneous rocks. In particular, dehydration melting of ultrahigh …

High-P/T metamorphic belts were classified into types A and B according to their protoliths.
The A-type (collision-type) blueschists possess passive-margin protoliths characterized by …