Plate tectonics: What, where, why, and when?

RM Palin, M Santosh - Gondwana Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The theory of plate tectonics is widely accepted by scientists and provides a robust
framework with which to describe and predict the behavior of Earth's rigid outer shell–the …

Identification of source lithology in the Hawaiian and Canary Islands: Implications for origins

C Herzberg - Journal of Petrology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Results are reported of an exploration of mantle source lithology for intraplate magmas
using whole-rock and olivine phenocryst compositions. This analysis includes modern mid …

Young tracks of hotspots and current plate velocities

AE Gripp, RG Gordon - Geophysical Journal International, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Plate motions relative to the hotspots over the past 4 to 7 Myr are investigated with a goal of
determining the shortest time interval over which reliable volcanic propagation rates and …

Magnesium isotopic composition of the Earth and chondrites

FZ Teng, WY Li, S Ke, B Marty, N Dauphas… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
To constrain further the Mg isotopic composition of the Earth and chondrites, and investigate
the behavior of Mg isotopes during planetary formation and magmatic processes, we report …

Prodigious submarine landslides on the Hawaiian Ridge

JG Moore, DA Clague, RT Holcomb… - Journal of …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
The extensive area covered by major submarine mass wasting deposits on or near the
Hawaiian Ridge has been delimited by systematic mapping of the Hawaiian exclusive …

Geochemical consequences of melt percolation: the upper mantle as a chromatographic column

O Navon, E Stolper - The Journal of Geology, 1987 - journals.uchicago.edu
As magmas rise toward the surface, they traverse regions of the mantle and crust with which
they are not in equilibrium; to the extent that time and the intimacy of their physical contact …

Geologic map of the State of Hawaii

DR Sherrod, JM Sinton, SE Watkins, KM Brunt - 2021 - pubs.usgs.gov
Cover. True-color moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite image
05292003 showing the eight principal islands of the Hawaiian Island chain from May 21 …

Helium isotopic systematics of oceanic islands and mantle heterogeneity

MD Kurz, WJ Jenkins, SR Hart - Nature, 1982 - nature.com
Isotopic variations in oceanic igneous rocks provide important constraints on models of
oceanic mantle structure. Of particular interest is the global negative correlation between …

Estimating Divergence Dates and Substitution Rates in the Drosophila Phylogeny

DJ Obbard, J Maclennan, KW Kim… - Molecular biology …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
An absolute timescale for evolution is essential if we are to associate evolutionary
phenomena, such as adaptation or speciation, with potential causes, such as geological …

Magma supply, storage, and transport at shield-stage Hawaiian volcanoes

MP Poland, A Miklius, EK Montgomery-Brown - 2014 - pubs.usgs.gov
The characteristics of magma supply, storage, and transport are among the most critical
parameters governing volcanic activity, yet they remain largely unconstrained because all …