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Re-Os isotope studies of Mindanao adakites: Implications for sources of metals and melts (2005)
Journal Article
Dreher, S., Macpherson, C., Pearson, D., & Davidson, J. (2005). Re-Os isotope studies of Mindanao adakites: Implications for sources of metals and melts. Geology, 33(12), 957-960. https://doi.org/10.1130/g21755.1

Whether the downgoing slab in modern subduction zones is able to melt is an important unresolved aspect of plate tectonics. Rare arc lavas with high Sr/Y ratios and low Y and heavy rare earth element concentrations, called adakites, are often attribu... Read More about Re-Os isotope studies of Mindanao adakites: Implications for sources of metals and melts.

Sources, degassing, and contamination of CO₂, H₂O, He, Ne and Ar in basaltic glasses from Kolbeinsey Ridge, North Atlantic (2005)
Journal Article
Macpherson, C., Hilton, D., Mertz, D., & Dunai, T. (2005). Sources, degassing, and contamination of CO₂, H₂O, He, Ne and Ar in basaltic glasses from Kolbeinsey Ridge, North Atlantic. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69(24), 5729-5746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2005.07.015

New volatile data (CO₂, H₂O, He, Ne, and Ar) are presented for 24 submarine basaltic glasses from the Kolbeinsey Ridge, Tjörnes Fracture Zone and Mohns Ridge, North Atlantic. Low CO₂ and He contents indicate that magmas were strongly outgassed with t... Read More about Sources, degassing, and contamination of CO₂, H₂O, He, Ne and Ar in basaltic glasses from Kolbeinsey Ridge, North Atlantic.

High-3He/4He, depleted mantle and low-δ18O, recycled oceanic lithosphere in the source of central Iceland magmatism (2005)
Journal Article
Macpherson, C., Hilton, D., Day, J., Lowry, D., & Gronvold, K. (2005). High-3He/4He, depleted mantle and low-δ18O, recycled oceanic lithosphere in the source of central Iceland magmatism. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 233(3-4), 411-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.037

New helium and oxygen isotope data and trace element concentrations are reported for volcanic rocks from central Iceland. Basalts that are depleted in the most incompatible trace elements possess a wide range in 3He/4He but most ratios are similar to... Read More about High-3He/4He, depleted mantle and low-δ18O, recycled oceanic lithosphere in the source of central Iceland magmatism.

Timing and tectonic controls in the evolving orogen of SE Asia and the western Pacific and some implications for ore generation. (2002)
Book Chapter
Macpherson, C., & Hall, R. (2002). Timing and tectonic controls in the evolving orogen of SE Asia and the western Pacific and some implications for ore generation. In D. Blundell, F. Neubauer, & A. von Quadt (Eds.), The timing and location of major ore deposits in an evolving orogen (49-67). Geological Society of London Special Publication. https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.sp.2002.204

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Tectonic setting of Eocene boninite magmatism in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc (2001)
Journal Article
Macpherson, C., & Hall, R. (2001). Tectonic setting of Eocene boninite magmatism in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 186(2), 215-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x%2801%2900248-5

Middle Eocene boninites were simultaneously generated over a large region during the early history of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana (IBM) arc. However, widespread boninite magmatism is not recognised in younger subduction zones of similar dimensions. This su... Read More about Tectonic setting of Eocene boninite magmatism in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc.

Resolution of the effects of crustal assimilation, sediment subduction fluid transport in island arc magmas: Pb - Sr - Nd - O isotope of Grenada, Lesser Antilles. (1996)
Journal Article
Thirlwall, M., Graham, A., Arculus, R., Harmon, R., & Macpherson, C. (1996). Resolution of the effects of crustal assimilation, sediment subduction fluid transport in island arc magmas: Pb - Sr - Nd - O isotope of Grenada, Lesser Antilles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60(23), 4785-4810. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-7037%2896%2900272-4