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FUJI Dome: A large detachment fault near 64°E on the very slow-spreading southwest Indian Ridge (2003)
Journal Article
Searle, R., Cannat, M., Fujioka, K., Mevel, C., Fujimoto, H., Bralee, A., & Parson, L. (2003). FUJI Dome: A large detachment fault near 64°E on the very slow-spreading southwest Indian Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4(8), https://doi.org/10.1029/2003gc000519

A continuous, domed detachment surface (FUJI Dome) has been imaged on the very slow-spreading southwest Indian Ridge using deep-towed side-scan sonar, and has been investigated by manned submersible and sea-surface geophysics. The Dome is morphologic... Read More about FUJI Dome: A large detachment fault near 64°E on the very slow-spreading southwest Indian Ridge.

Measurement of Os isotopes using plasma ionisation multi-collector mass spectrometry and a suggested scheme for the accurate determination of interfering element ratios. (2003)
Book Chapter
Holland, G., Tanner, S. D., Pearson, D. G., & Nowell, G. (2003). Measurement of Os isotopes using plasma ionisation multi-collector mass spectrometry and a suggested scheme for the accurate determination of interfering element ratios. In J. Holland, & S. Tanner (Eds.), Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry (362-373). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781847551689-00362

Characterization of respirable volcanic ash from the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, with implications for human health hazards (2003)
Journal Article
Horwell, C., Sparks, R., Brewer, T., Llewellin, E., & Williamson, B. (2003). Characterization of respirable volcanic ash from the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, with implications for human health hazards. Bulletin of Volcanology, 65(5), 346-362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-002-0266-6

Volcanic ash, generated in the long-lived eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, is shown to contain respirable (sub-4 µm) particles and cristobalite, a crystalline silica polymorph. Respirable particles of cristobalite can cause silico... Read More about Characterization of respirable volcanic ash from the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, with implications for human health hazards.

Changes in stream nitrate concentrations due to land management practices, ecological succession, and climate: Developing a systems approach to integrated catchment response (2003)
Journal Article
Worrall, F., Swank, W., & Burt, T. (2003). Changes in stream nitrate concentrations due to land management practices, ecological succession, and climate: Developing a systems approach to integrated catchment response. Hydrological Processes, 39(7), 1-14

[1] This study uses time series analysis to examine long-term stream water nitrate concentration records from a pair of forested catchments at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina, USA. Monthly average concentrations were available from... Read More about Changes in stream nitrate concentrations due to land management practices, ecological succession, and climate: Developing a systems approach to integrated catchment response.

Is 'hotspot' volcanism a consequence of plate tectonics? (2003)
Journal Article
Foulger, G., & Natland, J. (2003). Is 'hotspot' volcanism a consequence of plate tectonics?. Science, 300(5621), 921-922. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1083376

Many volcanoes are associated with subduction zones or mid-ocean ridges, but other areas of unusually high volcanism (or "hotspots") have a more subtle connection to plate tectonic processes. In their Perspective, Foulger and Natland argue that "hots... Read More about Is 'hotspot' volcanism a consequence of plate tectonics?.

Accommodation of late Cenozoic oblique shortening in the Alborz range, northern Iran (2003)
Journal Article
Allen, M., Ghassemi, M., Shahrabi, M., & Qorashi, M. (2003). Accommodation of late Cenozoic oblique shortening in the Alborz range, northern Iran. Journal of Structural Geology, 25(5), 659-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-8141%2802%2900064-0

The Alborz range, northern Iran, deforms by strain partitioning of oblique shortening onto range-parallel left-lateral strike-slip and thrust faults. Deformation is due to the north–south Arabia–Eurasia convergence, and westward motion of the adjacen... Read More about Accommodation of late Cenozoic oblique shortening in the Alborz range, northern Iran.

Initiation of subduction zones as a consequence of lateral compositional buoyancy contrast within the lithosphere: A petrologic perspective (2003)
Journal Article
Niu, Y., O’Hara, M., & Pearce, J. (2003). Initiation of subduction zones as a consequence of lateral compositional buoyancy contrast within the lithosphere: A petrologic perspective. Journal of Petrology, 44(5), 851-866. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/44.5.851

Tonga and Mariana forearc peridotites, inferred to represent their respective subarc lithospheres, are compositionally highly depleted (low Fe/Mg) and thus physically buoyant relative to abyssal peridotites representing normal oceanic lithosphere (hi... Read More about Initiation of subduction zones as a consequence of lateral compositional buoyancy contrast within the lithosphere: A petrologic perspective.

Paleoecological reconstruction of a lower Pleistocene large mammal community using biogeochemical (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, Sr: Zn) and ecomorphological approaches. (2003)
Journal Article
Palmqvist, P., Gröcke, D., Arribas, A., & Fariña, R. (2003). Paleoecological reconstruction of a lower Pleistocene large mammal community using biogeochemical (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, Sr: Zn) and ecomorphological approaches. Paleobiology, 29(2), 205-229. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300018078

Ecomorphological and biogeochemical (trace element, and carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isotope ratios) analyses have been used for determining the dietary niches and habitat preferences of large mammals from lower Pleistocene deposits at Venta Micena (... Read More about Paleoecological reconstruction of a lower Pleistocene large mammal community using biogeochemical (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, Sr: Zn) and ecomorphological approaches..

The Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction: insights from high-resolution sequence stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy in South China (2003)
Journal Article
Chen, D., & Tucker, M. (2003). The Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction: insights from high-resolution sequence stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy in South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 193(1), 87-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-0182%2802%2900716-2

Two sequences (SFr, SFa), each 1–1.2 Myr in duration, are recognised in the strata across the Frasnian–Famennian (F–F) transition both in carbonate platform and interplatform basinal successions in South China. The sequence boundary between the two s... Read More about The Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction: insights from high-resolution sequence stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy in South China.

Origin of ocean island basalts: A new perspective from petrology, geochemistry and mineral physics considerations (2003)
Journal Article
Niu, Y., & O'Hara, M. (2003). Origin of ocean island basalts: A new perspective from petrology, geochemistry and mineral physics considerations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B4), https://doi.org/10.1029/2002jb002048

Consideration of petrology, geochemistry, and mineral physics suggests that ancient subducted oceanic crusts cannot be the source materials supplying ocean island basalts (OIB). Melting of oceanic crusts cannot produce high-magnesian OIB lavas. Ancie... Read More about Origin of ocean island basalts: A new perspective from petrology, geochemistry and mineral physics considerations.

Sulfide petrology and highly siderophile element geochemistry of abyssal peridotites: a coupled study of samples from the Kane Fracture Zone (45°23′N, MARK area, Atlantic Ocean) (2003)
Journal Article
Luguet, A., Lorand, J., & Seyler, M. (2003). Sulfide petrology and highly siderophile element geochemistry of abyssal peridotites: a coupled study of samples from the Kane Fracture Zone (45°23′N, MARK area, Atlantic Ocean). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67(8), 1553-1570. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-7037%2802%2901133-x

Nineteen samples from the Kane Fracture Zone have been studied for sulfide mineralogy and analyzed for S, Se, platinum-group elements (PGE), and Au to assess the effect of refertilization processes on the PGE systematics of abyssal peridotites. The l... Read More about Sulfide petrology and highly siderophile element geochemistry of abyssal peridotites: a coupled study of samples from the Kane Fracture Zone (45°23′N, MARK area, Atlantic Ocean).

Reservoir depletion at The Geysers geothermal area, California, shown by four-dimensional seismic tomography (2003)
Journal Article
Gunasekera, R., Foulger, G., & Julian, B. (2003). Reservoir depletion at The Geysers geothermal area, California, shown by four-dimensional seismic tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B3), Article 2134. https://doi.org/10.1029/2001jb000638

Intensive geothermal exploitation at The Geysers geothermal area, California, induces myriads of small-magnitude earthquakes that are monitored by a dense, permanent, local seismometer network. Using this network, tomographic inversions were performe... Read More about Reservoir depletion at The Geysers geothermal area, California, shown by four-dimensional seismic tomography.

Hanging wall fault kinematics and footwall collapse in listric growth fault systems (2003)
Journal Article
Imber, J., Childs, C., Nell, P., Walsh, J., Hodgetts, D., & Flint, S. (2003). Hanging wall fault kinematics and footwall collapse in listric growth fault systems. Journal of Structural Geology, 25(2), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-8141%2802%2900034-2

We describe the structure of a listric growth fault system from SE Asia, using high-resolution, 3-D seismic data. The fault system shows systematic changes in geometry and kinematics that are sympathetic with along-strike changes in the structure of... Read More about Hanging wall fault kinematics and footwall collapse in listric growth fault systems.

Interaction between small-scale mantle diapirs and a continental root. (2003)
Journal Article
van Thienen, P., van den Berg, A., de Smet, J., van Hunen, J., & Drury, M. (2003). Interaction between small-scale mantle diapirs and a continental root. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4(2), Article 8301. https://doi.org/10.1029/2002gc000338

A possible mechanism for adding material to a continental root is by means of upwellings from the convecting mantle subject to pressure release partial melting. We present results of numerical modeling of the interaction of melting diapirs with conti... Read More about Interaction between small-scale mantle diapirs and a continental root..

The development of lithospheric keels beneath the earliest continents: time constraints using PGE and Re-Os isotope systematics (2003)
Book Chapter
Pearson, D., Irvine, G., Carlson, R., Kopylova, M., & Ionov, D. (2003). The development of lithospheric keels beneath the earliest continents: time constraints using PGE and Re-Os isotope systematics. In C. Fowler, C. Ebinger, & C. Hawkesworth (Eds.), The early earth : physical, chemical and biological development (65-90). The Geological Society

Continued studies of xenolith suites found in kimberlites on and around the Kaapvaal Craton, together with those from newly discovered localities on other cratons, are providing new insights into the generation and evolution of the Earth's oldest con... Read More about The development of lithospheric keels beneath the earliest continents: time constraints using PGE and Re-Os isotope systematics.

A three-dimensional study of a crustal low velocity region beneath the 9°03′N overlapping spreading center (2003)
Journal Article
Bazin, S., Harding, A., Kent, G., Orcutt, J., Singh, S., Tong, C., …van Avendonk, H. (2003). A three-dimensional study of a crustal low velocity region beneath the 9°03′N overlapping spreading center. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(2), 1039-1043. https://doi.org/10.1029/2002gl015137

Overlapping spreading centers (OSCs) play a key role in models of magma distribution at fast spreading ridges. To investigate the relationship between ridge-axis discontinuities and magma supply, we conducted a three-dimensional seismic reflection an... Read More about A three-dimensional study of a crustal low velocity region beneath the 9°03′N overlapping spreading center.