LIP printing is a term adapted from forensic science to describe the use of geochemical
proxies for tectonic and petrogenetic fingerprinting of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs). Here …

The Earth as a planetary system has experienced significant change since its formation c.
4.54 Gyr ago. Some of these changes have been gradual, such as secular cooling of the …

Much of our understanding of ocean ridges has come from the collection and analysis of
glasses recovered from ridge axes. However, applying the resulting methodologies to …

This work examines the global distribution of Archaean and modern igneous rock's
compositions, without relying on preconceptions about the link between rock compositions …

Many diagrams conventionally used to classify igneous rocks utilize mobile elements, which
commonly renders them unreliable for classifying rocks from the geological record. The K2O …

Three distinct tectonic regimes were identified for felsic and intermediate volcanic rocks
using published datasets from twenty-six different geographical locations around the world …

When dealing with ancient subalkaline volcanic rocks, the alkali–total iron–magnesium
(AFM) diagram is of limited use in assigning a tholeiitic versus calc-alkaline affinity because …

SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages and geochemical and Nd isotopic data are reported for mid-
Neoproterozoic igneous rocks in northern Zhejiang Province, South China. The Shenwu …

We investigated the spatial-temporal distribution and the major, trace, and rare earth
element geochemistry, U-Pb zircon geochronology, and isotope geochemistry of mafic dike …

Continental basalts generally display enrichment of fluid-mobile elements and depletion of
high-field-strength elements, similar to those that evolved in the subduction environment, but …