Mid-ocean-ridge basalt of Indian type in the northwest Pacific Ocean basin

Susanne M. Straub, Steven L. Goldstein, Cornelia Class & Angelika Schmidt

doi:10.1038/ngeo471

Published online: 31 March 2009

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Subject Categories: Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics | Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology

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Magmatic filtering of mantle compositions at mid-ocean-ridge volcanoes

Ken H. Rubin, John M. Sinton, John Maclennan & Eric Hellebrand

doi:10.1038/ngeo504

Published online: 26 April 2009

Full Text - Magmatic filtering of mantle compositions at mid-ocean-ridge volcanoes | PDF (506 KB) - Magmatic filtering of mantle compositions at mid-ocean-ridge volcanoes

Subject Categories: Geochemistry | Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology

Structural reactivation in plate tectonics controlled by olivine crystal anisotropy

Andréa Tommasi, Mickael Knoll, Alain Vauchez, Javier W. Signorelli, Catherine Thoraval & Roland Logé

doi:10.1038/ngeo528

Published online: 24 May 2009

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Subject Categories: Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics | Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology

Upper mantle seismic anisotropy resulting from pressure-induced slip transition in olivine

Haemyeong Jung, Won Mo & Harry W. Green

doi:10.1038/ngeo389

Published online: 21 December 2008

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Subject Categories: Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology | Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics

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Volcanism in the Solar System

Lionel Wilson

doi:10.1038/ngeo529

Published online: 17 May 2009

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Subject Categories: Planetary science | Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology

Emerging geothermometers for estimating slab surface temperatures

Terry Plank, Lauren B. Cooper & Craig E. Manning

doi:10.1038/ngeo614

Published online: 16 August 2009

Full Text - Emerging geothermometers for estimating slab surface temperatures | PDF (240 KB) - Emerging geothermometers for estimating slab surface temperatures

Subject Categories: Geochemistry | Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics | Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology

Migration of Tharsis volcanism on Mars caused by differential rotation of the lithosphere

Shijie Zhong

doi:10.1038/ngeo392

Published online: 14 December 2008

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Subject Categories: Planetary science | Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology | Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics

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Iron isotope fractionation in the Earth's lower mantle

James R. Rustad & Qing-Zhu Yin

doi:10.1038/ngeo546

Published online: 14 June 2009

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Subject Categories: Geochemistry | Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics | Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology

Generation of banded iron formations by internal dynamics and leaching of oceanic crust

Yifeng Wang, Huifang Xu, Enrique Merino & Hiromi Konishi

doi:10.1038/ngeo652

Published online: 11 October 2009

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Subject Categories: Biogeochemistry | Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology

Hydrothermal alteration and microfossil artefacts of the 3,465-million-year-old Apex chert

Daniele L. Pinti, Raymond Mineau & Valentin Clement

doi:10.1038/ngeo601

Published online: 02 August 2009

Full Text - Hydrothermal alteration and microfossil artefacts of the 3,465-million-year-old Apex chert | PDF (719 KB) - Hydrothermal alteration and microfossil artefacts of the 3,465-million-year-old Apex chert

Subject Categories: Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology | Palaeontology

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Volcanism: Eruptions and extinctions

Nicholas Christie-Blick

doi:10.1038/ngeo598

Full Text - VolcanismEruptions and extinctions | PDF (822 KB) - VolcanismEruptions and extinctions

Subject Category: Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology