Showing papers in "Earth and Planetary Science Letters in 2013"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) to measure the half-life of stalagmite stalagmites.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the H2O contents of the least degassed melt inclusions from each volcano and found that the mean and common average values for H2Os are within one s.d.

TL;DR: In this article, a geochronological and multi-isotopic study on rocks from the upper crust of the Kohistan Paleo-Island Arc that formed in the equatorial part of the Neo-Tethys Ocean is presented.

TL;DR: A study of the redox sensitive element, uranium, in organic-rich shales to track the history of Earth's surface oxidation at an unprecedented temporal resolution is presented in this article.

TL;DR: The trace element composition of olivine is a rapidly growing research area that has several applications of great potential as discussed by the authors, and mantle olivines can be distinguished from volcanic olivians by lower concentrations of Ca (

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the occurrence of yet another rare earth element microcontamination of river water: in addition to anthropogenic Gd and La, the Rhine River now also shows significant amounts of anthropogenic Sm.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present high-precision Zn isotope analyses of two sets of chemically diverse, cogenetic samples from Kilauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii, and Hekla volcano, Iceland, which both show clear evidence of having undergone variable and significant degrees of magmatic differentiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, a high-resolution S-velocity model of the North Atlantic region is presented, revealing structural features in unprecedented detail down to a depth of 1300 km, where a sub-lithospheric low-varying low velocity layer extends locally beneath much of the oceanic lithosphere.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present new records from a meridional transect of cores stretching from 311 Nt o 191N along the northwest African margin, which are able to document spatial and temporal changes in dust deposition under the North African dust plume throughout the last 20 ka.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate the unrelaxed shear modulus and its derivatives with respect to pressure and temperature, which are then used to determine the lithospheric thickness from the shear wave velocity variations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the CO 2 and S concentrations within an included melt decrease with progressive diffusive H 2 O loss, and propose that this occurs due to dehydration-induced changes to the internal pressure of the inclusion.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used common conversion point (CCP) stacking of Ps receiver functions to image the crustal structure and Moho of the Garhwal Himalaya of India.

TL;DR: In this article, a composite sediment record from the Bay of Bengal is used to document the evolution of chemical weathering in the Himalayan system (Himalayan range and Indo-Gangetic floodplain), the world largest sediment conveyor to the oceans, since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM).

TL;DR: In this paper, a negative correlation of Th/U versus d 18 O is found for most analyses, indicating a dramatic shift toward higher oxygen isotope values by voluminous partial melting of supracrustal rocks and signaling a transition from I-type to S-type-like magmas during the later stage of magmatic evolution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the deployment and data processing for Spanish stations was funded by Consolider-Ingenio 2010 project TOPO-IBERIA (CSD2006-00041) as well as ALERT-ES (CGL2010-19803-C03-02).

TL;DR: In this paper, thermal-mechanical numerical models demonstrate that even a small density increase (7% or more) causes shortening to localize above the eclogitic crustal root, promoting the development of thick lithosphere in this area which is then prone to gravitational removal.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that convective mixing is inefficient in absence of mobile-lid plate tectonics in the early Hadean and Archean, and the preservation of a 142Nd anomaly until 2.7

TL;DR: In this article, a numerical model is used to calculate how the motion of an idealized ice-sheet margin is affected by the subglacial drainage of melt water from its surface.

TL;DR: In this article, the H2O content of clinopyroxene phenocrysts was measured in lithospheric mantle-derived high-magnesium basalts of the Feixian area, in the eastern part of the North China Craton (NCC).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present quantitative geomorphic data from the nonglaciated portion of the Susquehanna River drainage basin that provide insight into these end-member models.

TL;DR: In this article, receiver function images from a passive-source seismic array traversing the Tien Shan and the Pamir plateau showed southward subduction of Eurasian continental crust.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed global mantle circulation computations to test the role of slab pull and mantle upwellings as driving forces for the kinematics of the Arabia-Anatolia-Aegean (AAA) system.

TL;DR: In this article, the carbonate clumped isotope ( Δ 47 ) thermometer is used to estimate the temperature of carbonates in both biogenic and non-biogenic carbonate systems.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors determined the partitioning of the elements Cu, In, Tl, Pb, Ag, Mn, Zn, Cr, Co, Ni, Sb and Cd between FeS-rich sulphide liquids and anhydrous basaltic melts at high pressures and temperatures.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the presence of dissolved bovine carbonic anhydrase accelerates oxygen isotope equilibration between the dissolved carbon species CO2, H2CO3, HCO3−, CO32− and water, thereby eliminating this source of isotopic disequilibrium during calcite growth.

TL;DR: The results of culture experiments on Globigerinoides ruber (white) across a range of pH (∼7.5-8.2) and analysed via multicollector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS) are presented in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a multi-scale full waveform inversion of complete continental and regional-scale seismograms reveals the crustal and upper-mantle signature of the North Anatolian Fault Zone which shapes the neotectonics of Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that in young and warm subducting plates, earthquakes occur just below the Moho, while in older plates earthquakes occur throughout the subducted oceanic crust, as well as the subductioning mantle.

TL;DR: In this article, a daily-resolved, 5-yr-long timeseries of rainfall δ18O from Gunung Mulu National Park, located in northern Borneo (4°N, 114°E) in the heart of the West Pacific Warm Pool, and compare it to local and regional climatic variables.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present stable isotope results of fluvial/lacustrine carbonate cement, pedogenic carbonate and marl from the Kangtuo and Suonahu formations deposited between ∼51 and ∼28 Ma in the Heihuling-Bamaoqiongzong area of the northern Qiangtang terrane.