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Geochemical and microstructural evidence for interseismic changes in fault zone permeability and strength, Alpine Fault, New Zealand (2017)
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Boulton, C., Menzies, C., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2017). Geochemical and microstructural evidence for interseismic changes in fault zone permeability and strength, Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(1), 238-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gc006588

Oblique dextral motion on the central Alpine Fault in the last circa 5 Ma has exhumed garnetoligoclase facies mylonitic fault rocks from 35 km depth. During exhumation, deformation, accompanied by fluid infiltration, has generated complex lithologica... Read More about Geochemical and microstructural evidence for interseismic changes in fault zone permeability and strength, Alpine Fault, New Zealand.

Predicting the elastic response of organic-rich shale using nanoscale measurements and homogenisation methods (2017)
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Goodarzi, M., Rouainia, M., Aplin, A., Cubillas, P., & de Block, M. (2017). Predicting the elastic response of organic-rich shale using nanoscale measurements and homogenisation methods. Geophysical prospecting, 65(6), 1597-1614. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.12475

Determination of the mechanical response of shales through experimental procedures is a practical challenge due to their heterogeneity and the practical difficulties of retrieving good-quality core samples. Here, we investigate the possibility of usi... Read More about Predicting the elastic response of organic-rich shale using nanoscale measurements and homogenisation methods.

The architecture of submarine monogenetic volcanoes – insights from 3D seismic data (2017)
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Reynolds, P., Schofield, N., Brown, R., & Holford, S. (2018). The architecture of submarine monogenetic volcanoes – insights from 3D seismic data. Basin Research, 30(s1), 437-451. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12230

Many prospective sedimentary basins contain a variety of extrusive volcanic products that are ultimately sourced from volcanoes. However, seismic reflection-based studies of magmatic rift basins have tended to focus on the underlying magma plumbing s... Read More about The architecture of submarine monogenetic volcanoes – insights from 3D seismic data.

A global Ge isotope budget (2017)
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Baronas, J. J., Hammond, D. E., McManus, J., Wheat, C. G., & Siebert, C. (2017). A global Ge isotope budget. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 203, 265-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.008

We present measurements of Ge isotope composition and ancillary data for samples of river water, low- and high-temperature hydrothermal fluids, and seawater. The dissolved δ74Ge composition of analyzed rivers ranges from 2.0 to 5.6‰, which is signifi... Read More about A global Ge isotope budget.

Subduction initiation and ophiolite crust: new insights from IODP drilling (2017)
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Reagan, M. K., Pearce, J. A., Petronotis, K., Almeev, R. R., Avery, A. J., Carvallo, C., …Whattam, S. A. (2017). Subduction initiation and ophiolite crust: new insights from IODP drilling. International Geology Review, 59(11), 1439-1450. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2016.1276482

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 352 recovered a high-fidelity record of volcanism related to subduction initiation in the Bonin fore-arc. Two sites (U1440 and U1441) located in deep water nearer to the trench recovered basalts... Read More about Subduction initiation and ophiolite crust: new insights from IODP drilling.

Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (2017)
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Xu, W., Ruhl, M., Jenkyns, H., Hesselbo, S., Riding, J., Selby, D., …Idiz, E. (2017). Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event. Nature Geoscience, 16(2), 129-134. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2871

The Early Jurassic Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (~183 Ma) was marked by marine anoxia–euxinia and globally significant organic-matter burial, accompanied by a major global carbon-cycle perturbation probably linked to Karoo–Ferrar volcanism. Although... Read More about Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event.

Application of a handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for real-time, high-density quantitative analysis of drilled igneous rocks and sediments during IODP Expedition 352 (2017)
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Ryan, J., Shervais, J., Li, Y., Reagan, M., Li, H., Heaton, D., …Petronotis, K. (2017). Application of a handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for real-time, high-density quantitative analysis of drilled igneous rocks and sediments during IODP Expedition 352. Chemical Geology, 451, 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.01.007

Handheld energy dispersive portable X-ray spectrometers (pXRF) are generally designed and used for qualitative survey applications. We developed shipboard quantitative analysis protocols for pXRF and employed the instrument to make over 2000 individu... Read More about Application of a handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for real-time, high-density quantitative analysis of drilled igneous rocks and sediments during IODP Expedition 352.

Mesoarchean melting and Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic metasomatism during the formation of the cratonic mantle keel beneath West Greenland (2017)
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van Acken, D., Luguet, A., Pearson, D., Nowell, G., Fonseca, R., Nagel, T., & Schulz, T. (2017). Mesoarchean melting and Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic metasomatism during the formation of the cratonic mantle keel beneath West Greenland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 203, 37-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.006

Highly siderophile element (HSE) concentration and 187Os/188Os isotopic heterogeneity has been observed on various scales in the Earth’s mantle. Interaction of residual mantle peridotite with infiltrating melts has been suggested to overprint primary... Read More about Mesoarchean melting and Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic metasomatism during the formation of the cratonic mantle keel beneath West Greenland.

Nucleation process of magnitude 2 repeating earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault predicted by rate-and-state fault models with SAFOD drill core data (2017)
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Kaneko, Y., Carpenter, B., & Nielsen, S. (2017). Nucleation process of magnitude 2 repeating earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault predicted by rate-and-state fault models with SAFOD drill core data. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(1), 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl071569

Recent laboratory shear-slip experiments conducted on a nominally flat frictional interface reported the intriguing details of a two-phase nucleation of stick-slip motion that precedes the dynamic rupture propagation. This behavior was subsequently r... Read More about Nucleation process of magnitude 2 repeating earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault predicted by rate-and-state fault models with SAFOD drill core data.

Local geology controlled the feasibility of vitrifying Iron Age buildings (2017)
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Wadsworth, F. B., Heap, M. J., Damby, D. E., Hess, K., Najorka, J., Vasseur, J., …Dingwell, D. B. (2017). Local geology controlled the feasibility of vitrifying Iron Age buildings. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 40028. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep40028

During European prehistory, hilltop enclosures made from polydisperse particle-and-block stone walling were exposed to temperatures sufficient to partially melt the constituent stonework, leading to the preservation of glassy walls called ‘vitrified... Read More about Local geology controlled the feasibility of vitrifying Iron Age buildings.

Effects of decarbonation on elemental behaviors during subduction-zone metamorphism: Evidence from a titanite-rich contact between eclogite-facies marble and omphacitite (2017)
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Xiao, Y., Niu, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, K., Iizuka, Y., Lin, J., …Xu, Y. (2017). Effects of decarbonation on elemental behaviors during subduction-zone metamorphism: Evidence from a titanite-rich contact between eclogite-facies marble and omphacitite. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 135, 338-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.01.006

In this paper, we show the effects of subducted carbonates on geochemical processes during subduction-zone metamorphism (SZM) through the study of an eclogite-facies marble coexisting with metabasite from the ultrahigh pressure metamorphic belt of th... Read More about Effects of decarbonation on elemental behaviors during subduction-zone metamorphism: Evidence from a titanite-rich contact between eclogite-facies marble and omphacitite.

Hyoliths are Palaeozoic lophophorates (2017)
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Moysiuk, J., Smith, M., & Caron, J. (2017). Hyoliths are Palaeozoic lophophorates. Nature, 541, 394-397. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20804

Hyoliths are abundant and globally distributed ‘shelly’ fossils that appear early in the Cambrian period and can be found throughout the 280 million year span of Palaeozoic strata1, 2. The ecological and evolutionary importance of this group has rema... Read More about Hyoliths are Palaeozoic lophophorates.

Prediction of diagenetic facies using well logs – A case study from the upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China (2017)
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Cu, Y., Wang, G., Jones, S., Zhou, Z., Ran, Y., Lai, J., …Deng, L. (2017). Prediction of diagenetic facies using well logs – A case study from the upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 81, 50-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.01.001

Understanding diagenetic heterogeneity in tight sandstone reservoirs is vital for hydrocarbon exploration. As a typical tight sandstone reservoir, the seventh unit of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin (Chang 7 unit), central Ch... Read More about Prediction of diagenetic facies using well logs – A case study from the upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China.

Simple and cost-effective methods for precise analysis of trace element abundances in geological materials with ICP-MS (2017)
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Chen, S., Wang, X., Niu, Y., Sun, P., Duan, M., Xiao, Y., …Xue, Q. (2017). Simple and cost-effective methods for precise analysis of trace element abundances in geological materials with ICP-MS. Science Bulletin, 62(4), 277-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2017.01.004

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is the most commonly used technique to determine the abundances of trace elements in a wide range of geological materials. However, incomplete sample digestion, isobaric interferences and instrume... Read More about Simple and cost-effective methods for precise analysis of trace element abundances in geological materials with ICP-MS.

Investigation and Application of Thallium Isotope Fractionation (2017)
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Nielsen, S., Rehkämper, M., & Prytulak, J. (2017). Investigation and Application of Thallium Isotope Fractionation. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 82(1), 759-798. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2017.82.18

This contribution summarizes the current state of understanding and recent advances made in the field of stable thallium (Tl) isotope geochemistry. High precision measurements of Tl isotope compositions were developed in the late 1990s with the adven... Read More about Investigation and Application of Thallium Isotope Fractionation.

Re-Os systematics of löllingite and arsenopyrite in granulite-facies garnet rocks: Insights into the metamorphic history and thermal evolution of the Broken Hill Block during the Early Mesoproterozoic (New South Wales, Australia) (2017)
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Saintilan, N., Creaser, R., Spry, P., & Hnatyshin, D. (2017). Re-Os systematics of löllingite and arsenopyrite in granulite-facies garnet rocks: Insights into the metamorphic history and thermal evolution of the Broken Hill Block during the Early Mesoproterozoic (New South Wales, Australia). The Canadian Mineralogist, 55(1), 29-44. https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.1600039

Löllingite and arsenopyrite aggregates occur in spessartine-almandine garnet rocks (garnetite) metamorphosed to granulite facies, which are spatially associated with Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization in the giant Broken Hill deposit, southern Curnamona Provinc... Read More about Re-Os systematics of löllingite and arsenopyrite in granulite-facies garnet rocks: Insights into the metamorphic history and thermal evolution of the Broken Hill Block during the Early Mesoproterozoic (New South Wales, Australia).

Landscape maturity, fold growth sequence and structural style in the Kirkuk Embayment of the Zagros, northern Iraq (2017)
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Obaid, A. K., & Allen, M. B. (2017). Landscape maturity, fold growth sequence and structural style in the Kirkuk Embayment of the Zagros, northern Iraq. Tectonophysics, 717, 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.07.006

The Kirkuk Embayment is located in the southwest of the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt of Iraq. Like fold-and-thrust belts worldwide, the Zagros is conventionally understood to have grown sequentially towards the foreland. Here we use landscape maturity... Read More about Landscape maturity, fold growth sequence and structural style in the Kirkuk Embayment of the Zagros, northern Iraq.

A comparison of using bulk and incremental isotopic analyses to establish weaning practices in the past (2017)
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King, C. L., Millard, A. R., Gröcke, D. R., Standen, V. G., Arriaza, B. T., & Halcrow, S. E. (2017). A comparison of using bulk and incremental isotopic analyses to establish weaning practices in the past. Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, 3(1), 126-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2018.1443548

The use of incremental carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis is gaining momentum as a way of establishing infant feeding practices in the past. Here we examine the differences in information gleaned through incremental isotopic techniques applied to... Read More about A comparison of using bulk and incremental isotopic analyses to establish weaning practices in the past.