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Structural geometry and evolution of the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania: Implications for helium potential (2021)
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Mulaya, E., Gluyas, J., McCaffrey, K., Phillips, T., & Ballentine, C. (2022). Structural geometry and evolution of the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania: Implications for helium potential. Basin Research, 34(2), 938-960. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12646

The Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania is regarded as a modern example of a cratonic rift zone despite complex polyphase extensional and episodic inversion structures. We interpret 2D seismic reflection data tied to wells to identify and describe structures... Read More about Structural geometry and evolution of the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania: Implications for helium potential.

Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago (2021)
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Li, Y., Liu, X., Selby, D., Liu, Z., Montañez, I. P., & Li, X. (2022). Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 578, Article 117331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117331

Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) exemplifies an episode of global oceanographic and climatic changes in the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse. However, the timing and mechanism of its global initiation remain elusive. Here we report a high-resolution initial os... Read More about Enhanced ocean connectivity and volcanism instigated global onset of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) ∼94.5 million years ago.

Crystal mush growth and collapse on a steep wall: the Marginal Border Series of the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland (2021)
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Holness, M. B., Humphreys, M. C., Namur, O., Andersen, J., Tegner, C., & Nielsen, T. (2022). Crystal mush growth and collapse on a steep wall: the Marginal Border Series of the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland. Journal of Petrology, 63(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egab100

The Skaergaard Intrusion of East Greenland solidified as a closed system, with the development of progressively more fractionated material at the roof, floor and vertical walls of the magma chamber. We argue, using field observations of the exposed w... Read More about Crystal mush growth and collapse on a steep wall: the Marginal Border Series of the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland.

A decomposition approach to cyclostratigraphic signal processing (2021)
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Wouters, S., Crucifix, M., Sinnesael, M., Da Silva, A., Zeeden, C., Zivanovic, M., …Devleeschouwer, X. (2022). A decomposition approach to cyclostratigraphic signal processing. Earth-Science Reviews, 225, Article 103894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103894

Sedimentary rocks can record signals produced by highly complex processes. These signals are generated by a progressive deposition of sediments which can be affected, mainly through the climate system, by regular astronomical cycles (i.e. Milankovitc... Read More about A decomposition approach to cyclostratigraphic signal processing.

Critical assessment of pressure estimates in volcanic plumbing systems: The case study of Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico (2021)
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Tommasini, S., Bindi, L., Savia, L., Mangler, M. F., Orlando, A., & Petrone, C. M. (2022). Critical assessment of pressure estimates in volcanic plumbing systems: The case study of Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico. Lithos, 408-409, Article 106540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106540

Most geobarometers use chemical compositions of minerals and their host melt to estimate crystallization pressures. Crystal structural parameters such as cell and site volumes are not usually considered despite their known sensitivity to pressure. He... Read More about Critical assessment of pressure estimates in volcanic plumbing systems: The case study of Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico.

Trans-Atlantic correlation of Late Cretaceous high-frequency sea-level cycles (2021)
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Plint, A. G., Uličný, D., Čech, S., Walaszczyk, I., Gröcke, D. R., Laurin, J., …Jarvis, I. (2022). Trans-Atlantic correlation of Late Cretaceous high-frequency sea-level cycles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 578, Article 117323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117323

Previous studies of Cretaceous sedimentary rocks have used multi-proxy correlation methods to suggest eustatic change, modulated by the c. 400 kyr long eccentricity rhythm. Although numerous authors have inferred eustatic changes on shorter timescale... Read More about Trans-Atlantic correlation of Late Cretaceous high-frequency sea-level cycles.

Fluvial organic carbon composition regulated by seasonal variability in lowland river migration and water discharge (2021)
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Golombek, N. Y., Scheingross, J. S., Repasch, M. N., Hovius, N., Menges, J., Sachse, D., …Szupiany, R. N. (2021). Fluvial organic carbon composition regulated by seasonal variability in lowland river migration and water discharge. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(24), Article e2021GL093416. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl093416

Identifying drivers of seasonal variations in fluvial particulate organic carbon (POC) composition can aid sediment provenance and biogeochemical cycling studies. We evaluate seasonal changes in POC composition in the Río Bermejo, Argentina, a lowlan... Read More about Fluvial organic carbon composition regulated by seasonal variability in lowland river migration and water discharge.

Quantifying metasomatic high-field-strength and rare-earth element transport from alkaline magmas (2021)
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Sokół, K., Finch, A. A., Hutchison, W., Cloutier, J., Borst, A. M., & Humphreys, M. C. (2022). Quantifying metasomatic high-field-strength and rare-earth element transport from alkaline magmas. Geology, 50(3), 305-310. https://doi.org/10.1130/g49471.1

Alkaline igneous rocks host many global high-field-strength element (HFSE) and rare-earth element (REE) deposits. While HFSEs are commonly assumed to be immobile in hydrothermal systems, transport by late-stage hydrothermal fluids associated with alk... Read More about Quantifying metasomatic high-field-strength and rare-earth element transport from alkaline magmas.

Identifying crystal accumulation in granitoids through amphibole composition and in situ zircon O isotopes in North Qilian Orogen (2021)
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Chen, S., Niu, Y., Wang, X., Xue, Q., & Sun, W. (2021). Identifying crystal accumulation in granitoids through amphibole composition and in situ zircon O isotopes in North Qilian Orogen. Journal of Petrology, 62(12), Article egab096. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egab096

Granitoids are the main constituents of the continental crust, and an understanding of their petrogenesis is key to the origin and evolution of continents. Whether crystal fractionation is the dominant way to generate evolved magmas has long been deb... Read More about Identifying crystal accumulation in granitoids through amphibole composition and in situ zircon O isotopes in North Qilian Orogen.

Middle-Late Jurassic magmatism in the west central Lhasa subterrane, Tibet: Petrology, zircon chronology, elemental and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf-Mg isotopic geochemistry (2021)
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Tong, X., Yan, J., Zhao, Z., Niu, Y., Qi, N., Shi, Q., …Zhu, D. (2022). Middle-Late Jurassic magmatism in the west central Lhasa subterrane, Tibet: Petrology, zircon chronology, elemental and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf-Mg isotopic geochemistry. Lithos, 408-409, Article 106549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106549

Mesozoic magmatic rocks are widespread in the Lhasa terrane, but most of them are of cretaceous age. Because Jurassic rocks are relatively rare and our knowledge on such earlier magmatism in the context of the tectonic setting and evolution is limite... Read More about Middle-Late Jurassic magmatism in the west central Lhasa subterrane, Tibet: Petrology, zircon chronology, elemental and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf-Mg isotopic geochemistry.

Concentration‐discharge relationships of dissolved rhenium in Alpine catchments reveal its use as a tracer of oxidative weathering (2021)
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Hilton, R. G., Turowski, J. M., Winnick, M., Dellinger, M., Schleppi, P., Williams, K. H., …Hayton, A. (2021). Concentration‐discharge relationships of dissolved rhenium in Alpine catchments reveal its use as a tracer of oxidative weathering. Water Resources Research, 57(11), Article e2021WR029844. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021wr029844

Oxidative weathering of sedimentary rocks plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. Rhenium (Re) has been proposed as a tracer of rock organic carbon (OCpetro) oxidation. However, the sources of Re and its mobilization by hydrological proce... Read More about Concentration‐discharge relationships of dissolved rhenium in Alpine catchments reveal its use as a tracer of oxidative weathering.

Jordanian migration and mobility in the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2100–1550 BCE) at Pella (2021)
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Stantis, C., Maaranen, N., Kharobi, A., Nowell, G. M., Macpherson, C., Schutkowski, H., & Bourke, S. (2022). Jordanian migration and mobility in the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2100–1550 BCE) at Pella. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 32(2), 339-357. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3069

The site of Pella, located in the foothills of the east Jordan valley, was a prosperous city–state throughout the Middle Bronze Age (MBA, ca. 2000–1500 BCE). As part of a widespread trading network, Pella enjoyed extensive socio-economic relationship... Read More about Jordanian migration and mobility in the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2100–1550 BCE) at Pella.

Molybdenum isotope systematics of lavas from the East Pacific Rise: Constraints on the source of enriched mid-ocean ridge basalt (2021)
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Chen, S., Sun, P., Niu, Y., Guo, P., Elliott, T., & Hin, R. C. (2022). Molybdenum isotope systematics of lavas from the East Pacific Rise: Constraints on the source of enriched mid-ocean ridge basalt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 578, Article 117283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117283

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) reveal large mantle compositional heterogeneity, whose origin remains debated. Here we present a systematic study of molybdenum isotopes on well-characterized MORB glass samples from the East Pacific Rise (EPR) and near... Read More about Molybdenum isotope systematics of lavas from the East Pacific Rise: Constraints on the source of enriched mid-ocean ridge basalt.

A simple and robust method for calculating temperatures of granitoid magmas (2021)
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Duan, M., Niu, Y., Sun, P., Chen, S., Kong, J., Li, J., …Shao, F. (2022). A simple and robust method for calculating temperatures of granitoid magmas. Mineralogy and Petrology, 116(1), 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-021-00769-5

Calculating the temperatures of magmas from which granitoid rocks cumulate is a key task of studying their petrogenesis, but few geothermometers are satisfactory. Zircon saturation thermometry has been the most widely used because it is conceptually... Read More about A simple and robust method for calculating temperatures of granitoid magmas.

Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks (2021)
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Nouri, F., Davoudian, A. R., Shabanian, N., Allen, M. B., Asahara, Y., Azizi, H., …Tsuboi, M. (2022). Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 224, Article 105011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.105011

Ediacaran-early Cambrian magmatic rocks from the Ardakan region of central Iran include deformed granites from deformed granitic plutons and dolerites from doleritic sills. The granites contain zircon grains with U-Pb ages of 552–550 Ma, and dolerite... Read More about Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks.

Transhumance in the Early Neolithic? Carbon and oxygen isotope insights into sheep husbandry at Arene Candide, Northern Italy (2021)
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Karkuleviciute, K., Gron, K., Patterson, W., Panelli, C., Rossi, S., Timsic, S., …Rowley-Conwy, P. (2021). Transhumance in the Early Neolithic? Carbon and oxygen isotope insights into sheep husbandry at Arene Candide, Northern Italy. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 40(Part B), Article 103240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103240

Vertical transhumance is historically known as an animal management practice in the Mediterranean that mitigates the risk of overgrazing and unpalatable pastures. It has long been debated whether the practice developed together with the spread of the... Read More about Transhumance in the Early Neolithic? Carbon and oxygen isotope insights into sheep husbandry at Arene Candide, Northern Italy.

New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland (2021)
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Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Underhill, J. R., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., …Selby, D. (2022). New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 179(2), jgs2021-066. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-066

The Inner Moray Firth Basin (IMFB) forms the western arm of the North Sea trilete rift system that initiated mainly during the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous with the widespread development of major NE–SW-trending dip-slip growth faults. The IMFB is... Read More about New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland.

The variability of brightest cluster galaxies at high radio frequencies (2021)
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Rose, T., Edge, A., Kiehlmann, S., Baek, J., Chung, A., Jung, T., …Sedgewick, A. (2022). The variability of brightest cluster galaxies at high radio frequencies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509(2), 2869-2884. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3217

Variability of a galaxy’s core radio source can be a significant consequence of active galactic nucleus accretion. However, this variability has not been well studied, particularly at high radio frequencies. As such, we report on a campaign monitorin... Read More about The variability of brightest cluster galaxies at high radio frequencies.

Influence of variable decoupling between vertically separated fault populations on structural inheritance – The Laminaria High, NW Shelf of Australia (2021)
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Phillips, T. B., McCaffrey, K., & Magarinos, L. (2022). Influence of variable decoupling between vertically separated fault populations on structural inheritance – The Laminaria High, NW Shelf of Australia. Basin Research, 34(1), 440-456. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12626

When extension events are greatly separated in time, older faults may be buried and stratigraphically separated from newly developing faults at shallower depths. During rifting, the buried structures may reactivate and propagate upwards to be express... Read More about Influence of variable decoupling between vertically separated fault populations on structural inheritance – The Laminaria High, NW Shelf of Australia.

Childhood in Colonial Otago, New Zealand: Integrating Isotopic and Dental Evidence for Growth Disturbance and Oral Health (2021)
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King, C. L., Kinaston, R. L., Snoddy, A. M. E., Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Millard, A. R., & Gröcke, D. R. (2022). Childhood in Colonial Otago, New Zealand: Integrating Isotopic and Dental Evidence for Growth Disturbance and Oral Health. Childhood in the Past, 15(1), 15-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/17585716.2021.1989211

Experiences of childhood in colonial New Zealand are difficult to reconstruct from the historical record alone. Many of those who came to the colony were illiterate, and the Victorian tendency to avoid discussion of pregnancy and breastfeeding practi... Read More about Childhood in Colonial Otago, New Zealand: Integrating Isotopic and Dental Evidence for Growth Disturbance and Oral Health.