Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

RS Houk, JJ Thompson - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a new technique for elemental
and isotopic analysis which combines the remarkable characteristics of the ICP for atomizing …

Ni isotopes provide a glimpse of Earth's pre-late-veneer mantle

Y Xu, K Szilas, L Zhang, JM Zhu, G Wu, J Zhang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Moderately siderophile (eg, Ni) and highly siderophile elements (HSEs) in the bulk silicate
Earth (BSE) are believed to be partly or near-completely delivered by late accretion after the …

The stable isotope character of the Earth's mantle–A review

DA Ionov, J Hoefs, R Harmon - Chemical Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
This review describes the stable isotope character of the Earth's mantle, the 2900 km thick
silicate layer between the core and crust that comprises 67% of the Earth's mass and 84% of …

Remnants of shifting early Cenozoic Pacific lower mantle flow imaged beneath the Philippine Sea Plate

J Fan, D Zhao, C Li, L Liu, D Dong - Nature Geoscience, 2024 - nature.com
Seismic anisotropy could provide vital information about the evolution and internal
convection of the deep Earth interior. Although previous seismological studies have …

Is plate tectonics a post-Archean phenomenon? A petrological perspective

M Brown, JA Pearce, TE Johnson - Journal of the Geological …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The petrogenesis of contemporary igneous and metamorphic rocks is commonly explained
by plate tectonics, but how far back in time does this relationship hold? Here we investigate …

Widespread slab melting in modern subduction zones

M Klaver, G Yogodzinski, C Albert… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is still a matter of intense debate to what extent partial melting of the subducting slab
contributes to arc magmatism in modern subduction zones. In particular, it is difficult to …

Review of temporal trend in Archean granitoid chemistry-implications for Eoarchean (3.7–3.9 Ga) transition in geodynamic regime of crust formation

R Saha, D Upadhyay, B Mishra - Precambrian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we review changes in Archean granitoid chemistry using stacked probability
density estimation and statistical change-point analyses. A significant change in Archean …

Immiscibility of carbonatitic and alkaline silicate melts from an evolved ultramafic magma: Titanite geochronology and in-situ TiNd isotope insights

X Jiang, X Chen, S Jiang, L Hoare, W Zhang, D Lian… - Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbonatites and alkaline rocks often exhibit a close spatial association with Nb and rare
earth elements (REE) mineralization. Petrological and experimental studies suggest that …

Substantial in situ Ti isotope variations in rutile record source and fluid evolution of porphyry copper mineralization systems

X Jiang, X Chen, L Hoare… - Geological …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Titanium (Ti) and its stable isotopes have been widely used as tracers for magmatic
processes. However, our understanding of Ti isotope behavior in magmatic-hydrothermal …

Magnesium silicate chimneys at the Strytan hydrothermal field, Iceland, as analogues for prebiotic chemistry at alkaline submarine hydrothermal vents on the early …

C Gutiérrez-Ariza, LM Barge, Y Ding… - Progress in Earth and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Strytan Hydrothermal Field (SHF) in basaltic terrain in Iceland is one of the
extant alkaline submarine hydrothermal vent systems favoured as analogues for where life …