Search Results - "STERN, ROBERT J."

The evolution of plate tectonics by Stern, Robert J.

“…To understand how plate tectonics became Earth's dominant mode of convection, we need to address three related problems. (i) What was Earth's tectonic regime…”
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Subduction initiation in nature and models: A review by Stern, Robert J., Gerya, Taras

“…How new subduction zones form is an emerging field of scientific research with important implications for our understanding of lithospheric strength, the…”
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Seismic evidence for subduction-induced mantle flows underneath Middle America by Zhu, Hejun, Stern, Robert J., Yang, Jidong

“…Laboratory experiments and geodynamic simulations demonstrate that poloidal- and toroidal-mode mantle flows develop around subduction zones. Here, we use a new…”
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Continental lithosphere of the Arabian Plate: A geologic, petrologic, and geophysical synthesis by Stern, Robert J., Johnson, Peter

“…The Arabian Plate originated ∼ 25 Ma ago by rifting of NE Africa to form the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea. It is one of the smaller and younger of the Earth's…”
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The ‘subduction initiation rule’: a key for linking ophiolites, intra-oceanic forearcs, and subduction initiation by Whattam, Scott A., Stern, Robert J.

“…We establish the ‘subduction initiation rule’ (SIR) which predicts that most ophiolites form during subduction initiation (SI) and that the diagnostic magmatic…”
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The importance of continents, oceans and plate tectonics for the evolution of complex life: implications for finding extraterrestrial civilizations by Stern, Robert J., Gerya, Taras V.

“…Within the uncertainties of involved astronomical and biological parameters, the Drake Equation typically predicts that there should be many exoplanets in our…”
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Subduction zones by Stern, Robert J.

“…Subduction zones are where sediments, oceanic crust, and mantle lithosphere return to and reequilibrate with Earth's mantle. Subduction zones are interior…”
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Molybdenum isotopes unmask slab dehydration and melting beneath the Mariana arc by Li, Hong-Yan, Zhao, Rui-Peng, Li, Jie, Tamura, Yoshihiko, Spencer, Christopher, Stern, Robert J., Ryan, Jeffrey G., Xu, Yi-Gang

“…How serpentinites in the forearc mantle and subducted lithosphere become involved in enriching the subarc mantle source of arc magmas is controversial. Here we…”
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A new perspective on Cenozoic calc-alkaline and shoshonitic volcanic rocks, eastern Saveh (central Iran) by Nouri, Fatemeh, Azizi, Hossein, Asahara, Yoshihiro, Stern, Robert J.

“…Late Eocene - Oligocene volcanic rocks in the eastern Saveh region of the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc (UDMA) are representative of Paleogene magmatic activity…”
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New evidence for Jurassic continental rifting in the northern Sanandaj Sirjan Zone, western Iran: the Ghalaylan seamount, southwest Ghorveh by Azizi, Hossein, Nouri, Fatemeh, Stern, Robert J., Azizi, Marie, Lucci, Federico, Asahara, Yoshihiro, Zarinkoub, Mohammad Hossein, Chung, Sun Lin

“…We address the growing controversy about the tectonic setting in which Jurassic magmatism of Iran occurred: arc or continental rift. In the Ghorveh area of the…”
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A HIMU-like component in Mariana Convergent Margin magma sources during initial arc rifting revealed by melt inclusions by Li, Xiaohui, Ishizuka, Osamu, Stern, Robert J., Li, Sanzhong, Lai, Zhiqing, Somerville, Ian, Suo, Yanhui, Chen, Long, Yu, Hongxia

“…Compositions of island arc and back-arc basin basalts are often used to trace the recycling of subducted materials. However, the contribution of subducted…”
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The Jurassic tourmaline-garnet-beryl semi-gemstone province in the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, western Iran by Nouri, Fatemeh, Stern, Robert J., Azizi, Hossein

“…Deposits of semi-gemstones tourmaline, beryl, and garnet associated with Jurassic granites are found in the northern Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone (SaSZ) of western…”
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Asymmetric magma plumbing system beneath Axial Seamount based on full waveform inversion of seismic data by Yang, Jidong, Zhu, Hejun, Zhao, Zeyu, Huang, Jianping, Lumley, David, Stern, Robert J., Dunn, Robert A., Arnulf, Adrien F., Ma, Jianwei

“…The architecture of magma plumbing systems plays a fundamental role in volcano eruption and evolution. However, the precise configuration of crustal magma…”
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serpentinite-hosted ecosystem in the Southern Mariana Forearc by Ohara, Yasuhiko, Reagan, Mark K, Fujikura, Katsunori, Watanabe, Hiromi, Michibayashi, Katsuyoshi, Ishii, Teruaki, Stern, Robert J, Pujana, Ignacio, Martinez, Fernando, Girard, Guillaume, Ribeiro, Julia, Brounce, Maryjo, Komori, Naoaki, Kino, Masashi

“…Several varieties of seafloor hydrothermal vents with widely varying fluid compositions and temperatures and vent communities occur in different tectonic…”
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Primary minerals and mantle peridotites in Late Cretaceous ophiolites of Iran: a review by Sepidbar, Fatemeh, Homam, Seyed Masoud, Zaki Khedr, Mohamed, Stern, Robert J., Karsli, Orhan

“…Several Mesozoic ophiolites in Iran formed in response to Late Cretaceous subduction initiation. Here we review the geology, petrography, mineralogy and…”
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Age, geochemistry, and emplacement of the ~40-Ma Baneh granite-appinite complex in a transpressional tectonic regime, Zagros suture zone, northwest Iran by Azizi, Hossein, Hadad, Sepideh, Stern, Robert J., Asahara, Yoshihiro

“…The Baneh plutonic complex is situated in the Zagros suture zone of northwest Iran between the Arabian and Eurasian plates. This complex is divided into…”
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Crustal Evolution of NW Iran: Cadomian Arcs, Archean Fragments and the Cenozoic Magmatic Flare-Up by Shafaii Moghadam, Hadi, Griffin, William L, Li, Xian-Hua, Santos, Jose F, Karsli, Orhan, Stern, Robert J, Ghorbani, Ghasem, Gain, Sarah, Murphy, Rosanna, O’Reilly, Suzanne Y

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Roll-Back, Extension and Mantle Upwelling Triggered Eocene Potassic Magmatism in NW Iran by Shafaii Moghadam, Hadi, Griffin, William L, Kirchenbaur, Maria, Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter, Zakie Khedr, Mohamed, Kimura, Jun-Ichi, Stern, Robert J, Ghorbani, Ghasem, Murphy, Rosanna, O’Reilly, Suzanne Y, Arai, Shoji, Maghdour-Mashhour, Reza

“…Abstract Igneous activity in the rear-arc of the Paleogene Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Belt of Iran has to date been poorly studied. An example of such activity,…”
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Geochemistry and tectonic evolution of the Late Cretaceous Gogher–Baft ophiolite, central Iran by Moghadam, Hadi Shafaii, Stern, Robert J., Chiaradia, Massimo, Rahgoshay, Mohamad

“…The Late Cretaceous Gogher–Baft ophiolite is one of the best preserved remnants of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithospheric within the inner Zagros ophiolite belt. The…”
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Carbonate alteration of ophiolitic rocks in the Arabian-Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid and implications for the formation of Au deposits by Boskabadi, Arman, Pitcairn, Iain K., Broman, Curt, Boyce, Adrian, Teagle, Damon A. H., Cooper, Matthew J., Azer, Mokhles K., Stern, Robert J., Mohamed, Fathy H., Majka, Jaroslaw

“…Ultramafic portions of ophiolitic fragments in the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) show pervasive carbonate alteration forming various degrees of carbonated…”
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