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Forced subduction initiation recorded in the sole and crust of the Semail Ophiolite of Oman by Guilmette, Carl, Smit, Matthijs A., van Hinsbergen, Douwe J. J., Gürer, Derya, Corfu, Fernando, Charette, Benoit, Maffione, Marco, Rabeau, Olivier, Savard, Dany

“…Subduction zones are unique to Earth and fundamental in its evolution, yet we still know little about the causes and mechanisms of their initiation. Numerical…”
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Earth’s early O2 cycle suppressed by primitive continents by Smit, Matthijs A., Mezger, Klaus

“…Free oxygen began to accumulate in Earth’s surface environments between 3.0 and 2.4 billion years ago. Links between oxygenation and changes in the composition…”
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Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd garnet geochronology: Chronometric closure and implications for dating petrological processes by Smit, Matthijs A., Scherer, Erik E., Mezger, Klaus

“…To investigate the systematics of the 176Lu–176Hf and 147Sm–143Nd garnet chronometers, we performed REE and isotope analyses on garnet crystals of different…”
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Archaean continental crust formed from mafic cumulates by Smit, Matthijs A., Musiyachenko, Kira A., Goumans, Jeroen

“…Large swaths of juvenile crust with tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) composition were added to the continental crust from about 3.5 billion years ago…”
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Author Correction: Archaean continental crust formed from mafic cumulates by Smit, Matthijs A., Musiyachenko, Kira A., Goumans, Jeroen

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The Beginning of a Wilson Cycle in an Accretionary Orogen: The Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean Opened Assisted by a Devonian Mantle Plume by Zhu, Mingshuai, Pastor–Galán, Daniel, Smit, Matthijs A., Sanchir, Dorjgochoo, Zhang, Fuqin, Liu, Chenghao, Luo, Ye, Miao, Laicheng

“…The opening of oceans within accretionary orogens is important for understanding the Wilson cycle. The Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean (MOO) began opening within the…”
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Formation of the Xigaze Metamorphic Sole under Tibetan continental lithosphere reveals generic characteristics of subduction initiation by Guilmette, Carl, van Hinsbergen, Douwe J. J., Smit, Matthijs A., Godet, Antoine, Fournier-Roy, François, Butler, Jared P., Maffione, Marco, Li, Shun, Hodges, Kip

“…Metamorphic soles found under allochthonous oceanic lithosphere, or ophiolites, are interpreted as derived from lower plate oceanic crust material accreted to…”
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Creep of garnet in eclogite: Mechanisms and implications by Smit, Matthijs A., Scherer, Erik E., John, Timm, Janssen, Arne

“…The rheological properties of subducting rocks represent a fundamental parameter in the dynamics of subduction zones. Making robust predictions about these…”
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A common precursor for global hotspot lavas by Smit, Matthijs A., Kooijman, Ellen

“…Hotspot lavas exhibit chemical heterogeneity, much of which is ascribed to heterogeneous deep mantle sources that contain various components with distinct…”
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Garnet, zircon, and monazite age and REE signatures in (ultra)high‐temperature and high‐pressure rocks: Examples from the Caledonides and the Pamir by Tual, Lorraine, Smit, Matthijs A., Kooijman, Ellen, Kielman‐Schmitt, Melanie, Ratschbacher, Lothar

“…Rare earth element (REE) signatures of high‐U/Pb and high‐Th/Pb accessory minerals are typically used to link their ages to specific petrological processes…”
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Author Correction: Earth’s early O2 cycle suppressed by primitive continents by Smit, Matthijs A., Mezger, Klaus

“…In the Supplementary Information file originally published, notes were mistakenly omitted from Supplementary Table 4. This has now been corrected…”
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Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu‐Hf chronology by Smit, Matthijs A., Vrijmoed, Johannes C., Scherer, Erik E., Mezger, Klaus, Kooijman, Ellen, Schmitt‐Kielman, Melanie, Tual, Lorraine, Guilmette, Carl, Ratschbacher, Lothar

“…Incorporation of rare earth elements (REE) in garnet enables garnet chronology (Sm‐Nd, Lu‐Hf), and imparts a garnet‐stable signature on cogenetic phases, which…”
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Record of plate boundary metamorphism during Gondwana breakup from Lu–Hf garnet geochronology of the Alpine Schist, New Zealand by Briggs, Sophie I., Cottle, John M., Smit, Matthijs A.

“…The Zealandia portion of the Pacific–Gondwana margin underwent widespread extension, fragmentation, separation and subsidence during the final stages in the…”
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The Greater Himalayan Thrust Belt: Insight Into the Assembly of the Exhumed Himalayan Metamorphic Core, Modi Khola Valley, Central Nepal by Shrestha, Sudip, Larson, Kyle P., Martin, Aaron J., Guilmette, Carl, Smit, Matthijs A., Cottle, John M.

“…Strike‐parallel tectonometamorphic discontinuities within the Himalayan metamorphic core are typically interpreted to reflect thrust‐sense movement. However,…”
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Late carboniferous-middle permian granitoids in south Mongolia: implications for post-subduction processes in southern central asian orogenic belt by Yang, Shunhu, Miao, Laicheng, Liu, Chenghao, Zhang, Fochin, Smit, Matthijs A., Zhu, Mingshuai, Baatar, Munkhtsengel

“…Late Carboniferous to Permian granitoids in South Mongolia records the processes from collision to post-orogenic extension for the southern Central Asian…”
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Lu–Hf garnet dating and the timing of collisions: Palaeoproterozoic accretionary tectonics revealed in the Southeastern Churchill Province, Trans‐Hudson Orogen, Canada by Godet, Antoine, Guilmette, Carl, Labrousse, Loic, Smit, Matthijs A., Cutts, Jamie A., Davis, Donald W., Vanier, Marc‐Antoine

“…Dating the onset of continental collision is fundamental in defining orogenic cycles and their effects on regional tectonics and geodynamic processes through…”
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Garnet Pyroxenite Cumulates from Cretaceous Alkaline Intraplate Magmas Underplate the Zealandia Mantle Lithosphere by Scott, James M, Brenna, Marco, Pearson, D Graham, Auer, Andreas, Faure, Kevin, Harris, Chris, Janney, Philip E, le Roux, Petrus J, Legros, Hélène, Mortimer, Nick, MÜnker, Carsten, Reid, Malcolm R, Smit, Matthijs A, Stirling, Claudine E, Sun, Dave, Woodland, Sarah, van der Meer, Quinten H A

“…Abstract The elemental and isotopic properties of garnet pyroxenites can yield information on lithospheric mantle composition, thermal state, and evolution…”
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The distinct metamorphic stages and structural styles of the 1.94–1.86 Ga Snowbird Orogen, Northwest Territories, Canada by Thiessen, Eric J., Gibson, H. Dan, Regis, Daniele, Pehrsson, Sally J., Ashley, Kyle T., Smit, Matthijs A.

“…Palaeoproterozoic orogenesis within the Archean southeastern Rae craton is related to the initial amalgamation of Laurentia. Characterizing the accompanying…”
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Complete metamorphic cycle and long‐lived anatexis in the c. 2.1 Ga Mistinibi Complex, Canada by Godet, Antoine, Guilmette, Carl, Labrousse, Loic, Davis, Donald W., Smit, Matthijs A., Cutts, Jamie A., Vanier, Marc‐Antoine, Lafrance, Isabelle, Charette, Benoit

“…Secular changes in the architecture, thermal state, and metamorphic style of global orogens are thought to have occurred since the Archean; however, despite…”
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Testing the equilibrium model: An example from the Caledonian Kalak Nappe Complex (Finnmark, Arctic Norway) by Gaidies, Fred, Heldwein, Olivier K. A., Yogi, Maria Thereza A. G., Cutts, Jamie A., Smit, Matthijs A., Rice, A. Hugh N.

“…The equilibrium model has been tested using Barrovian garnet‐zone micaschists of the Kalak Nappe Complex. In our model, equilibrium in the MnNCKFMASHT system…”
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