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The misuse of colour in science communication (2020)
Journal Article
Crameri, F., Shephard, G. E., & Heron, P. J. (2020). The misuse of colour in science communication. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 5444. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19160-7

The accurate representation of data is essential in science communication. However, colour maps that visually distort data through uneven colour gradients or are unreadable to those with colour-vision deficiency remain prevalent in science. These inc... Read More about The misuse of colour in science communication.

Pannotia's mantle signature: the quest for supercontinent identification (2020)
Journal Article
Heron, P. J., Murphy, J. B., Nance, R. D., & Pysklywec, R. (online). Pannotia's mantle signature: the quest for supercontinent identification. Geological Society Special Publications, https://doi.org/10.1144/sp503-2020-7

A supercontinent is generally considered to reflect the assembly of all, or most, of the Earth's continental lithosphere. Previous studies have used geological, atmospheric and biogenic ‘geomarkers’ to supplement supercontinent identification. Howeve... Read More about Pannotia's mantle signature: the quest for supercontinent identification.

Teaching geoscience in prison (2020)
Journal Article
Heron, P. (2020). Teaching geoscience in prison. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1(2), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0020-7

Segmentation of rifts through structural inheritance: Creation of the Davis Strait (2019)
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Heron, P., Peace, A., McCaffrey, K., Welford, J., Wilson, R., van Hunen, J., & Pysklywec, R. (2019). Segmentation of rifts through structural inheritance: Creation of the Davis Strait. Tectonics, 38(7), 2411-2430. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019tc005578

Mesozoic‐Cenozoic rifting between Greenland and North America created the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay, while leaving preserved continental lithosphere in the Davis Strait which lies between them. Inherited crustal structures from a Palaeoproterozoic... Read More about Segmentation of rifts through structural inheritance: Creation of the Davis Strait.

What Lies Beneath? Thoughts on the Lower Mantle (2019)
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Heron, P., & Garnero, E. (2019). What Lies Beneath? Thoughts on the Lower Mantle. Geoscientist, 29(3), 10-15. https://doi.org/10.1144/geosci2019-015

Deformation driven by deep and distant structures: Influence of a mantle lithosphere suture in the Ouachita orogeny, southeastern United States (2018)
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Heron, P., Pysklywec, R., Stephenson, R., & van Hunen, J. (2019). Deformation driven by deep and distant structures: Influence of a mantle lithosphere suture in the Ouachita orogeny, southeastern United States. Geology, 47(2), 147-150. https://doi.org/10.1130/g45690.1

Mantle lithosphere heterogeneities are well documented, are ubiquitous, and have often been thought to control lithosphere-scale deformation. Here, we explore the influence of deep scarring in crustal deformation in three dimensions by considering th... Read More about Deformation driven by deep and distant structures: Influence of a mantle lithosphere suture in the Ouachita orogeny, southeastern United States.

Mantle plumes and mantle dynamics in the Wilson cycle (2018)
Journal Article
Heron, P. J. (2019). Mantle plumes and mantle dynamics in the Wilson cycle. Geological Society Special Publications, 470, https://doi.org/10.1144/sp470.18

This review discusses the thermal evolution of the mantle following large-scale tectonic activities such as continental collision and continental rifting. About 300 myr ago, continental material amalgamated through the large-scale subduction of ocean... Read More about Mantle plumes and mantle dynamics in the Wilson cycle.

Exploring the theory of plate tectonics: the role of mantle lithosphere structure (2018)
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Heron, P. J., Pysklywec, R. N., & Stephenson, R. (2018). Exploring the theory of plate tectonics: the role of mantle lithosphere structure. Geological Society Special Publications, 470, https://doi.org/10.1144/sp470.7

This review of the role of the mantle lithosphere in plate tectonic processes collates a wide range of recent studies from seismology and numerical modelling. A continually growing catalogue of deep geophysical imaging has illuminated the mantle lith... Read More about Exploring the theory of plate tectonics: the role of mantle lithosphere structure.

Identifying mantle lithosphere inheritance in controlling intraplate orogenesis (2016)
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Heron, P. J., Pysklywec, R. N., & Stephenson, R. (2016). Identifying mantle lithosphere inheritance in controlling intraplate orogenesis. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 121(9), 6966-6987. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jb013460

Crustal inheritance is often considered important in the tectonic evolution of the Wilson Cycle. However, the role of the mantle lithosphere is usually overlooked due to its difficulty to image and uncertainty in rheological makeup. Recently, increas... Read More about Identifying mantle lithosphere inheritance in controlling intraplate orogenesis.

Lasting mantle scars lead to perennial plate tectonics (2016)
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Heron, P. J., Pysklywec, R. N., & Stephenson, R. (2016). Lasting mantle scars lead to perennial plate tectonics. Nature Communications, 7, Article 11834. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11834

Mid-ocean ridges, transform faults, subduction and continental collisions form the conventional theory of plate tectonics to explain non-rigid behaviour at plate boundaries. However, the theory does not explain directly the processes involved in intr... Read More about Lasting mantle scars lead to perennial plate tectonics.