Crustal melting vs. fractionation of basaltic magmas: Part 1, granites and paradigms

JF Moyen, V Janoušek, O Laurent, O Bachmann… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Granitoids are a major component of the continental crust. They play a pivotal role in its
evolution, either by adding new material (continental growth), or by reworking older …

Building an orogen: review of u-pb zircon ages from the calabria–peloritani terrane to constrain the timing of the southern variscan belt

A Fornelli, V Festa, F Micheletti, R Spiess, F Tursi - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The application of zircon dating to the reconstruction of orogenic systems is invaluable since
time constraints of the geological evolution of orogens are crucial for the proposal of …

Porphyry copper deposit formation in arcs: What are the odds?

JP Richards - Geosphere, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Arc magmas globally are H2O-Cl-S–rich and moderately oxidized (ΔFMQ=+ 1 to+ 2) relative
to most other mantle-derived magmas (ΔFMQ≤ 0). Their relatively high oxidation state limits …

Crustal melting vs. fractionation of basaltic magmas: Part 2, Attempting to quantify mantle and crustal contributions in granitoids

JB Jacob, JF Moyen, P Fiannacca, O Laurent… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Granitic melts may form either directly, by melting of pre-existing crustal rocks, or by
fractionation of mafic to intermediate magmas, typically mantle-derived. Each model is …

A shake-up in the porphyry world?

JP Richards - Economic Geology, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Porphyry Cu deposits form in the shallow crustal parts of arc magmatic systems, which root
in the mantle wedge, evolve in lower crustal MASH (melting, assimilation, storage …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the melt source during protracted crustal anatexis: An example from the Bhutan Himalaya

T Hopkinson, N Harris, NMW Roberts… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The chemical compositions of magmatic zircon growth zones provide powerful insight into
evolving magma compositions due to their ability to record both time and the local chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced structural analysis through a hybrid analogue-digital mapping approach: Integrating field and UAV survey with microtomography to characterize …

E Fazio, G Ortolano, GI Alsop, A D'agostino… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study focused on collecting structural data orientations of a crustal-scale shear zone
(Palmi Shear Zone, PSZ, southern Calabria, Italy) by integrating various analytical and field …

[HTML][HTML] MVT-SHMS signature in basement-hosted Zn-Pb-(Cu-Fe) mineralization in the Sila Massif (Calabria, Italy): Evidence from trace elements and fluid inclusions …

A Ciccolella, F Tursi, V Festa, G Ruggieri… - Ore Geology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Typically, Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) and Sediment-hosted Massive Sulphides
(SHMS) Zn-Pb-deposits are hosted by sedimentary basins and are originated from fluids …

Submagmatic to solid-state deformation microstructures recorded in cooling granitoids during exhumation of late-Variscan crust in North-Eastern Sicily

E Fazio, P Fiannacca, D Russo, R Cirrincione - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Late-Variscan granitoid rocks of trondhjemitic and granitic composition, intruded in
migmatitic paragneisses in the north-eastern Peloritani Mountains (southern Italy) at~ 310 …

Crustal evolution of Western Europe: Constraints from detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf-O isotopes

D Avigad, A Abbo, A Gerdes, AK Schmitt - Gondwana Research, 2022 - Elsevier
We studied detrital zircon from black sand of the Rhone River delta (southern France) which
drains significant parts of Western Europe. Zircon U-Pb geochronology shows that the black …