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Helmstaedt, H., 2018, Tectonic and structural controls on diamondiferous kimberlite and lamproite and their bearing on area selection for diamond exploration, In: Geoscience and Exploration of the Argyle, Bunder, Diavik, and Murowa Diamond Deposits, Society of Economic Geologists, Special Publication No 20.

Muñoz, M., F. Tapia, M. Persico, M. Benoit, R. Charrier, M. Farías, and A. Rojas (2018), Extensional tectonics during Late Cretaceous evolution of the Southern Central Andes: Evidence from the Chilean main range at ~35°S, Tectonophysics, 744, 93-117.

Boone, S. C., B. P. Kohn, A. J. W. Gleadow, C. K. Morley, C. Seiler, D. A. Foster, and L. Chung (2018), Tectono-thermal evolution of a long-lived segment of the East African Rift System: Thermochronological insights from the North Lokichar Basin, Turkana, Kenya, Tectonophysics, 744, 23-46.

Broadley, M. W., P. H. Barry, C. J. Ballentine, L. A. Taylor, and R. Burgess (2018), End-Permian extinction amplified by plume-induced release of recycled lithospheric volatiles, Nature Geoscience, 11, 682-687.

Stein, S., C. A. Stein, R. Elling, J. Kley, G. R. Keller, M. Wysession, T. Rooney, A. Frederiksen, and R. Moucha (2018), Insights from North America's failed Midcontinent Rift into the evolution of continental rifts and passive continental margins, Tectonophysics, 744, 403-421.

Salazar-Mora, C. A., R. S. Huismans, H. Fossen, and M. Egydio-Silva (2018), The Wilson Cycle and Effects of Tectonic Structural Inheritance on Rifted Passive Margin Formation, Tectonics, 37, 3085-3101.

Yi, J.-K., Q. Wang, D.-C. Zhu, S.-M. Li, S.-A. Liu, R. Wang, L.-L. Zhang, and Z.-D. Zhao (2018), Westward-younging high-Mg adakitic magmatism in central Tibet: Record of a westward-migrating lithospheric foundering beneath the Lhasa–Qiangtang collision zone during the Late Cretaceous, Lithos, 316-317, 92-103.

Gazel, E., J. Trela, M. Bizimis, A. Sobolev, V. Batanova, C. Class, and B. Jicha (2018), Long-Lived Source Heterogeneities in the Galapagos Mantle Plume, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19, 2764-2779.

McCoy-West, A. J., J. G. Fitton, M.-L. Pons, E. C. Inglis, and H. M. Williams (2018), The Fe and Zn isotope composition of deep mantle source regions: Insights from Baffin Island picrites, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 238, 542-562.

Steinberger, B., E. Bredow, S. Lebedev, A. Schaeffer, and T. H. Torsvik (2019), Widespread volcanism in the Greenland–North Atlantic region explained by the Iceland plume, Nature Geoscience, 12, 61-68.

Tappe, S., K. Smart, T. Torsvik, M. Massuyeau, and M. de Wit (2018), Geodynamics of kimberlites on a cooling Earth: Clues to plate tectonic evolution and deep volatile cycles, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 484, 1-14.

Liu, Y., and H. Konietzky (2018), Particle-Based Modeling of Transtensional Pull-Apart Basins, Tectonics, 0.

Karson, J. A., J. A. Farrell, L. A. Chutas, A. F. Nanfito, J. A. Proett, K. T. Runnals, and K. Sæmundsson (2018), Rift-Parallel Strike-Slip Faulting Near the Iceland Plate Boundary Zone: Implications for Propagating Rifts, Tectonics Online.

Grindrod, P. M., and T. Hoogenboom (2006), Venus: The corona conundrum, Astron. Geophys., 47, 3.16-13.21.

Gibson, S. A., and M. A. Richards (2018), Delivery of deep-sourced, volatile-rich plume material to the global ridge system, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 499, 205-218.

Dygert, N., C. R. M. Jackson, M. A. Hesse, M. M. Tremblay, D. L. Shuster, and J. T. Gu (2018), Plate tectonic cycling modulates Earth's 3He/22Ne ratio, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 498, 309-321.

Zhang, T., R. G. Gordon, and C. Wang (2018), Oblique seafloor spreading across intermediate and superfast spreading centers, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 495, 146-156.

Langemeyer, S. M., J. P. Lowman, and P. J. Tackley (2018), The Sensitivity of Core Heat Flux to the Modeling of Plate-Like Surface Motion, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19, 1282-1308.

Sinton, C. W., F. Hauff, K. Hoernle, and R. Werner (2018), Age progressive volcanism opposite Nazca plate motion: Insights from seamounts on the northeastern margin of the Galapagos Platform, Lithos, 310-311, 342-354.

Cuffaro, Marco, Carlo Doglioni, On the increasing size of the orogens moving from the Alps to the
Himalayas in the frame of the net rotation of the lithosphere, Gondwana Research 62, 2–13, 2018.

Carcaterra, A., C. Doglioni, The westward drift of the lithosphere: A tidal ratchet?, Geoscience Frontiers, 9, 403-414, 2018.

Sung Hi Choi, Samuel B. Mukasa, Greg Ravizza, Thomas H. Fleming, Bruce D. Marsh, Jean H.J.Bédard, Fossil subduction zone origin for magmas in the Ferrar Large Igneous Province, Antarctica: Evidence from PGE and Os isotope systematics inthe Basement Sill of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 506, 507–519, 2019.

Bedrosian, P. A., J. R. Peacock, E. Bowles-Martinez, A. Schultz, and G. J. Hill (2018), Crustal inheritance and a top-down control on arc magmatism at Mount St Helens, Nature Geoscience, 11, 865-870.

Zhou, Y. (2018), Anomalous mantle transition zone beneath the Yellowstone hotspot track, Nature Geoscience, 11, 449-453.

Cañón-Tapia, E. (2018), The Paraná-Etendeka Continental Flood Basalt Province: A historical perspective of current knowledge and future research trends, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 355, 287-303.

Liao, J., M. G. Malusà, L. Zhao, S. L. Baldwin, P. G. Fitzgerald, and T. Gerya (2018), Divergent plate motion drives rapid exhumation of (ultra)high pressure rocks, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 491, 67-80.

Citron, R. I., M. Manga, and E. Tan (2018), A hybrid origin of the Martian crustal dichotomy: Degree-1 convection antipodal to a giant impact, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 491, 58-66.

Foulger, G. R. (2018), Origin of the South Atlantic igneous province, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 355, 2-20.

Bonadio, R., W. H. Geissler, S. Lebedev, J. Fullea, M. Ravenna, N. L. Celli, W. Jokat, M. Jegen, C. Sens-Schönfelder, and K. Baba (2018), Hot Upper Mantle Beneath the Tristan da Cunha Hotspot From Probabilistic Rayleigh-Wave Inversion and Petrological Modeling, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19, 1412-1428.

Buchs, D. M., R. Williams, S.-i. Sano, and V. P. Wright (2018), Non-Hawaiian lithostratigraphy of Louisville seamounts and the formation of high-latitude oceanic islands and guyots, J. Volc. Geotherm. Res., 356, 1-23.

Zheng, L., R. G. Gordon, and D. Woodworth (2018), Pacific Plate Apparent Polar Wander, Hot Spot Fixity, and True Polar Wander During the Formation of the Hawaiian Island and Seamount Chain From an Analysis of the Skewness of Magnetic Anomaly 20r (44 Ma), Tectonics, 37, 2094-2105.

Keen, C. E., K. Dickie, and L. T. Dafoe (2018), Structural Evolution of the Rifted Margin off Northern Labrador: The Role of Hyperextension and Magmatism, Tectonics, 37, 1955-1972.

Yamamoto, J., T. Kawano, N. Takahata, and Y. Sano (2018), Noble gas and carbon isotopic compositions of petit-spot lavas from southeast of Marcus Island, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 497, 139-148.

Tucker, J. M., S. Mukhopadhyay, and H. M. Gonnermann (2018), Reconstructing mantle carbon and noble gas contents from degassed mid-ocean ridge basalts, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 496, 108-119.

Semple, A. G., and A. Lenardic (2018), Plug flow in the Earth's asthenosphere, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 496, 29-36.

Yang, G., Y. Li, S. Li, L. Tong, Z. Wang, and L. Wu (2018), Accreted seamounts in the South Tianshan Orogenic Belt, NW China, Geological Journal, 53, 16-29.

Watson, D., S. Holford, N. Schofield, and N. Mark (2019), Failure to predict igneous rocks encountered during exploration of sedimentary basins: A case study of the Bass Basin, Southeastern Australia, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 99, 526-547.

Wang, S., H. Yu, Q. Zhang, and Y. Zhao (2018), Absolute plate motions relative to deep mantle plumes, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 490, 88-99.

Nelson, P. L., and S. P. Grand (2018), Lower-mantle plume beneath the Yellowstone hotspot revealed by core waves, Nature Geoscience, 11, 280-284.

Axen, G. J., J. W. van Wijk, and C. A. Currie (2018), Basal continental mantle lithosphere displaced by flat-slab subduction, Nature Geoscience, 11, 961-964.

Woodworth, D., and R. G. Gordon (2018), Paleolatitude of the Hawaiian Hot Spot Since 48 Ma: Evidence for a Mid-Cenozoic True Polar Stillstand Followed by Late Cenozoic True Polar Wander Coincident With Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 11,632-611,640.

Garzanti, E., G. Radeff, and M. G. Malusà (2018), Slab breakoff: A critical appraisal of a geological theory as applied in space and time, Earth-Science Reviews, 177, 303-319.

Horst, A. J., J. A. Karson, and R. J. Varga (2018), Large Rotations of Crustal Blocks in the Tjörnes Fracture Zone of Northern Iceland, Tectonics, 37, 1607-1625.

Maurya, V. P., M. A. Meju, S. L. Fontes, A. L. Padilha, E. F. La Terra, and L. G. Miquelutti (2018), Deep Resistivity Structure of Basalt-Covered Central Part of Paraná Basin, Brazil, From Joint 3-D MT and GDS Data Imaging, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19, 1994-2013.

Rotevatn, A., T. B. Kristensen, A. K. Ksienzyk, K. Wemmer, G. A. Henstra, I. Midtkandal, S. A. Grundvåg, and A. Andresen (2018), Structural Inheritance and Rapid Rift-Length Establishment in a Multiphase Rift: The East Greenland Rift System and its Caledonian Orogenic Ancestry, Tectonics, 37, 1858-1875.

Lovecchio, J. P., S. Rohais, P. Joseph, N. D. Bolatti, P. R. Kress, R. Gerster, and V. A. Ramos (2018), Multistage rifting evolution of the Colorado basin (offshore Argentina): Evidence for extensional settings prior to the South Atlantic opening, Terra Nova, 30, 359-368.

Strak, V., and W. P. Schellart (2018), A subduction and mantle plume origin for Samoan volcanism, Scientific Reports, 8, 10424.

Petersen, K. D., C. Schiffer, and T. Nagel (2018), LIP formation and protracted lower mantle upwelling induced by rifting and delamination, Scientific Reports, 8, 16578.

Yu, S., and E. J. Garnero (2018), Ultralow Velocity Zone Locations: A Global Assessment, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19, 396-414.

Zastrozhnov, D., L. Gernigon, I. Gogin, M. M. Abdelmalak, S. Planke, J. I. Faleide, S. Eide, and R. Myklebust (2018), Cretaceous-Paleocene Evolution and Crustal Structure of the Northern Vøring Margin (Offshore Mid-Norway): Results from Integrated Geological and Geophysical Study, Tectonics, 37, 497-528.

Corti, G., P. Molin, A. Sembroni, I. D. Bastow, and D. Keir (2018), Control of Pre-rift Lithospheric Structure on the Architecture and Evolution of Continental Rifts: Insights From the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa, Tectonics, 37, 477-496.

Harðardóttir, S., S. A. Halldórsson, and D. R. Hilton (2018), Spatial distribution of helium isotopes in Icelandic geothermal fluids and volcanic materials with implications for location, upwelling and evolution of the Icelandic mantle plume, Chem. Geol., 480, 12-27.

Korolev, N. M., M. Kopylova, Y. Bussweiler, D. G. Pearson, J. Gurney, and J. Davidson (2018), The uniquely high-temperature character of Cullinan diamonds: A signature of the Bushveld mantle plume?, Lithos, 304-307, 362-373.

Arfai, J., D. Franke, R. Lutz, L. Reinhardt, J. Kley, and C. Gaedicke (2018), Rapid Quaternary subsidence in the northwestern German North Sea, Scientific Reports, 8.

Gazel, E., J. Trela, M. Bizimis, A. Sobolev, V. Batanova, C. Class, and B. Jicha (2018), Long-Lived Source Heterogeneities in the Galapagos Mantle Plume, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19, 2764-2779.

Stein, S., C. A. Stein, R. Elling, J. Kley, G. R. Keller, M. Wysession, T. Roone, A. Frederiksen, R. Moucha, Insights from North America's failed Midcontinent Rift into the evolution of continental rifts and passive continental margins, Tectonophysics,  744, 403-421, 2018.

Tang, Chunan, Did Earth drive itself to a snowball?, Science Bulletin, 63, 1032-1033, 2018.

Á Horni, J., J. R. Hopper, A. Blischke, W. H. Geisler, M. Stewart, K. McDermott, M. Judge, Ö. Erlendsson, and U. Árting (2017), Regional distribution of volcanism within the North Atlantic Igneous Province, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 105.

Blischke, A., C. Gaina, J. R. Hopper, G. Péron-Pinvidic, B. Brandsdóttir, P. Guarnieri, Ö. Erlendsson, and K. Gunnarsson (2017), The Jan Mayen microcontinent: an update of its architecture, structural development and role during the transition from the Ægir Ridge to the mid-oceanic Kolbeinsey Ridge, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 299.

Funck, T., Ö. Erlendsson, W. H. Geissler, S. Gradmann, G. S. Kimbell, K. McDermott, and U. K. Petersen (2017a), A review of the NE Atlantic conjugate margins based on seismic refraction data, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 171.

Funck, T., W. H. Geissler, G. S. Kimbell, S. Gradmann, Ö. Erlendsson, K. McDermott, and U. K. Petersen (2017b), Moho and basement depth in the NE Atlantic Ocean based on seismic refraction data and receiver functions, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 207.

Gaina, C., A. Nasuti, G. S. Kimbell, and A. Blischke (2017), Break-up and seafloor spreading domains in the NE Atlantic, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 393.

Gaina, C., A. Blischke, W. H. Geissler, G. S. Kimbell, and Ö. Erlendsson (2017), Seamounts and oceanic igneous features in the NE Atlantic: a link between plate motions and mantle dynamics, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 419.

Geissler, W. H., C. Gaina, J. R. Hopper, T. Funck, A. Blischke, U. Arting, J. á. Horni, G. Péron-Pinvidic, and M. M. Abdelmalak (2017), Seismic volcanostratigraphy of the NE Greenland continental margin, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 149.

Gerlings, J., J. R. Hopper, M. B. W. Fyhn, and N. Frandsen (2017), Mesozoic and older rift basins on the SE Greenland Shelf offshore Ammassalik, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 375.

Gradmann, S., C. Haase, and J. Ebbing (2017), Isostasy as a tool to validate interpretations of regional geophysical datasets – application to the mid-Norwegian continental margin, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 279.

Haase, C., J. Ebbing, and T. Funck (2017), A 3D regional crustal model of the NE Atlantic based on seismic and gravity data, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 233.

Hjartarson, Á., Ö. Erlendsson, and A. Blischke (2017), The Greenland–Iceland–Faroe Ridge Complex, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 127.

Kimbell, G. S., M. A. Stewart, S. Gradmann, P. M. Shannon, T. Funck, C. Haase, M. S. Stoker, and J. R. Hopper (2017), Controls on the location of compressional deformation on the NW European margin, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 249.

Ólavsdóttir, J., Ó. R. Eidesgaard, and M. S. Stoker (2017), The stratigraphy and structure of the Faroese continental margin, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 339.

Péron-Pinvidic, G., J. R. Hopper, M. Stoker, C. Gaina, T. Funck, U. E. Árting, and J. C. Doornenbal (2017), The NE Atlantic region: a reappraisal of crustal structure, tectonostratigraphy and magmatic evolution – an introduction to the NAG-TEC project, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 1.

Petersen, U. K., and T. Funck (2017), Review of velocity models in the Faroe–Shetland Channel, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 357.

Stoker, M. S., M. A. Stewart, P. M. Shannon, M. Bjerager, T. Nielsen, A. Blischke, B. O. Hjelstuen, C. Gaina, K. McDermott, and J. Ólavsdóttir (2017), An overview of the Upper Palaeozoic–Mesozoic stratigraphy of the NE Atlantic region, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 11.

Vis, G.-J. (2017), Geology and seepage in the NE Atlantic region, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 443.

Wilkinson, C. M., M. Ganerød, B. W. H. Hendriks, and E. A. Eide (2017), Compilation and appraisal of geochronological data from the North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP), Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 447, 69.

Coetzee, A., and A. F. M. Kisters (2018), The elusive feeders of the Karoo Large Igneous Province and their structural controls, Tectonophysics, 747-748, 146-162.

He, Y., T. Zheng, Y. Ai, G. Hou, and Q.-F. Chen (2018), Growth of the lower continental crust via the relamination of arc magma, Tectonophysics, 724-725, 42-50.

Peace, A. L., J. K. Welford, M. Geng, H. Sandeman, B. D. Gaetz, and S. S. Ryan (2018), Rift-related magmatism on magma-poor margins: Structural and potential-field analyses of the Mesozoic Notre Dame Bay intrusions, Newfoundland, Canada and their link to North Atlantic Opening, Tectonophysics, 745, 24-45

Nagel T.J., Duesterhoeft E., Schiffer C. Garnet-controlled very low velocities in the lower mantle transition zone at sites of mantle upwelling. Terra Nova. 2018;00:1–8

Strak, V., and W. P. Schellart (2018), A subduction and mantle plume origin for Samoan volcanism, Scientific Reports, 8, 10424, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28267-3.

Welford, J. K., A. L. Peace, M. Geng, S. A. Dehler, and K. Dickie (2018), Crustal structure of Baffin Bay from constrained 3-D gravity inversion and deformable plate tectonic models, Geophys. J. Int., ggy193-ggy193, doi:10.1093/gji/ggy193.

Neri, M., E. Rivalta, F. Maccaferri, V. Acocella, and R. Cirrincione (2018), Etnean and Hyblean volcanism shifted away from the Malta Escarpment by crustal stresses, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 486, 15-22

Nelson, P., S. Grand, 2018, Lower-mantle plume beneath the Yellowstone hotspot revealed by core waves, Nature Geoscience (2018) DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0075-y


A Photographic Atlas of Flood Basalt Volcanism

Editor: Hetu Sheth

Maguire, R., Ritsema, J., Bonnin, M., van Keken, P. E., & Goes, S. (2018). Evaluating the resolution of deep mantle plumes in teleseismic traveltime tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123.

Zastrozhnov, D., L. Gernigon, I. Gogin, M. M. Abdelmalak, S. Planke, J. I. Faleide, S. Eide and R. Myklebust, Cretaceous-Paleocene Evolution and Crustal Structure of the Northern Vøring Margin (Offshore Mid-Norway): Results from Integrated Geological and Geophysical Study, Tectonics, 37, 497–528.

Liu, C., and S. P. Grand (2018), Seismic attenuation in the African LLSVP estimated from PcS phases, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 489, 8-16

Korchinski, M., P. F. Rey, L. Mondy, C. Teyssier, and D. L. Whitney (2018), Numerical investigation of deep-crust behavior under lithospheric extension, Tectonophysics, 726, 137-146

Stern, R. J., S.-M. Li, and G. Randy Keller (2018), Continental crust of China: A brief guide for the perplexed, Earth-Science Reviews, 179, 72-94

Ady, B. E., and R. C. Whittaker (2018), Examining the influence of tectonic inheritance on the evolution of the North Atlantic using a palinspastic deformable plate reconstruction, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470.

Heron, Philip J., Russell N. Pysklywec and Randell Stephenson, Exploring the theory of plate tectonics: the role of mantle lithosphere structure, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, first published on March 1, 2018, doi:10.1144/SP470.7

Chenin, Pauline, Suzanne Picazo, Suzon Jammes, Gianreto Manatschal, Othmar Müntener and Garry Karner, Potential role of lithospheric mantle composition in the Wilson cycle: a North Atlantic perspective, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, first published on March 6, 2018, doi:10.1144/SP470.10.

Ivanov, A. V., S. B. Mukasa, V. S. Kamenetsky, M. Ackerson, E. I. Demonterova, B. G. Pokrovsky, N. V. Vladykin, M. V. Kolesnichenko, K. D. Litasov, and D. A. Zedgenizo, Volatile concentrations in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from meimechite and melanephelinite lavas of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province: Evidence for flux-related high-Ti, high-Mg magmatism, Chem. Geol., 483, 442-462.

Tschauner, O., S. Huang, E. Greenberg, V. B. Prakapenka, C. Ma, G. R. Rossman, A. H. Shen, D. Zhang, M. Newville, A. Lanzirotti, K. Tait, Ice-VII inclusions in diamonds: Evidence for aqueous fluid in Earth’s deep mantle, Science  09 Mar 2018, 359, 1136-1139, DOI: 10.1126/science.aao3030

Vicente de Gouveia, S., J. Besse, D. Frizon de Lamotte, M. Greff-Lefftz, M. Lescanne, F. Gueydan, and F. Leparmentier (2018), Evidence of hotspot paths below Arabia and the Horn of Africa and consequences on the Red Sea opening, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 487, 210-220, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.01.030.

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