Layered intrusions are fossilized natural laboratories that historically have constrained many
fundamental principles of igneous petrology. Layered intrusions are typically stratiform …

Field, geochronological and geophysical studies show that many igneous bodies are
emplaced incrementally, growing by accretion of successive magma sheets. The existence …

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 …

The structure of upper crustal magma plumbing systems controls the distribution of
volcanism and influences tectonic processes. However, delineating the structure and …

Zircon-and bulk-rock Zr-based thermometric parameters have become fundamental to
petrogenetic models of magmatism, from which broader geochronological and tectonic …

Many unresolved questions in geodynamics revolve around the physical behaviour of the
two-phase system of a silicate melt percolating through and interacting with a tectonically …

We present zircon geochronologic (LA-ICPMS and ID-TIMS), trace element and Hf isotopic
evidence for a complex evolution of the plutonic roots of the Eocene Coroccohuayco …

Zircon (ZrSiO 4) and baddeleyite (ZrO 2) are common accessory minerals in igneous rocks
of felsic to mafic composition. Both minerals host trace elements substituting for Zr, among …

Felsic and mafic magmas in continental crustal settings are derived by melting of the lower
crust and mantle, respectively. This occurs in subduction zone, collisional, extensional and …

We present major and trace elemental geochemical data, Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes and zircon U–
Pb ages for igneous rocks of the Mufushan complex (~ 2400 km 2 outcrop area) in South …