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Building archean cratonic roots (2022)
Journal Article
Jain, C., Rozel, A. B., van Hunen, J., Chin, E. J., & Manjón-Cabeza Córdoba, A. (2022). Building archean cratonic roots. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.966397

Geophysical, geochemical, and geological investigations have attributed the stable behaviour of Earth’s continents to the presence of their Archean cratonic roots. These roots are likely composed of melt-depleted, low density residual peridotite with... Read More about Building archean cratonic roots.

On the origin of the Canary Islands: Insights from mantle convection modelling (2022)
Journal Article
Negredo, A. M., van Hunen, J., Rodríguez-González, J., & Fullea, J. (2022). On the origin of the Canary Islands: Insights from mantle convection modelling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117506

The Canary Islands hotspot consists of seven volcanic islands, mainly of Neogene age, rooted on oceanic Jurassic lithosphere. Its complex structure and geodynamic setting have led to different hypotheses about its origin and evolution, which is still... Read More about On the origin of the Canary Islands: Insights from mantle convection modelling.

Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio (2022)
Journal Article
Schliffke, N., van Hunen, J., Allen, M. B., Magni, V., & Gueydan, F. (2022). Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 582. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28228-5

Spreading centre jumps are a common feature of oceanic back-arc basins. Jumps are conventionally suggested to be triggered by plate velocity changes, pre-existing weaknesses, or punctuated events such as the opening of slab windows. Here, we present... Read More about Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio.