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Wilson, D.J., C. Peirce, A. B. Watts, I. Grevemeyer, A. Krabbenhoeft, Uplift at lithospheric swells—I: seismic and gravity constraints on the crust and uppermost mantle structure of the Cape Verde mid-plate swell, Geophys. J. Int., 182,DOI 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04641.x, 2010.

Corti, G., G. Ranalli, G. Mulugeta, A. Agostini, F. Sani, A. Zugu, Control of the rheological structure of the lithosphere on the inward migration of tectonic activity during continental rifting, Tectonophysics, 490, 141-312, 2010.

Xue, Mei; Allen, R.M., Mantle structure beneath the western United States and its implications for convection processes, J. Geophys. Res., 115, No. B7, B07303, 2010.

Barry, T.L., S. Self, S.P. Kelley, S. Reidel, P. Hooper, M. Widdowson, New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Grande Ronde lavas, Columbia River Basalts, USA: Implications for duration of flood basalt eruption episodes, Lithos, 118, 213-222, 2010.

Rogers, N.W., M.K. Davies, I.J. Parkinson, G. Yirgu, Osmium isotopes and Fe/Mn ratios in Ti-rich picritic basalts from the Ethiopian flood basalt province: No evidence for core contribution to the Afar plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 296, 413-422, 2010.

Paulick, H., C. Münker, S. Schuth, The influence of small-scale mantle heterogeneities on Mid-Ocean Ridge volcanism: Evidence from the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (7°30′S to 11°30′S) and Ascension Island, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 296, 299-310, 2010.

Torsvik, T.H., K. Burke, B. Steinberger, S.J. webb & L.D. Ashwal, Diamonds sampled by plumes from the core–mantle boundary, Nature, 466, 352–355, doi:10.1038/nature09216, 2010.

News & Views by D.A.D. Evans

Comment in Science

Yamasaki, Tadashi & Laurent Gernigon, Redistribution of the lithosphere deformation by the emplacement of underplated mafic bodies: implications for microcontinent formation, J. Geol. Soc., London, 167, 1-11, 2010 doi: 10.1144/0016-76492010-027.

Faccenna, C. & T.W. Becker, Shaping mobile belts by small-scale convection, Nature, 465, 602-605, 2010, doi:10.1038/nature09064. For editor's summary click here. For News & Views article, click here.

Kerr, R.A., Another Quarry Sighted in the Great Mantle Plume Hunt?, Science, 328, 5986, 2010.

Garcia, M.O., L. Swinnard, D. Weis, A.R. Greene, T. Tagami, H. Sano, and C.E. Gandy, Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology of Kaua'i Lavas over 4.5 Myr: Implications for the Origin of Rejuvenated Volcanism and the Evolution of the Hawaiian Plume, J. Pet., 51, 1507-1540, 2010.; doi:10.1093/petrology/egq027.

Peate, D.W., K. Breddam, J.A. Baker, M.D. Kurz, A.K. Barker, T. Prestvik, N. Grassineau, and A.C. Skovgaard, Compositional Characteristics and Spatial Distribution of Enriched Icelandic Mantle Components, J. Pet., 51, 1447-1475, 2010; doi:10.1093/petrology/egq025.

Armitage, J.J., J.S. Collier and T.A. Minshull, The importance of rift history for volcanic margin formation, Nature, 465, 913-917, 2010. doi:10.1038/nature09063 – see also Editors summary

Yoshino, Takashi, Mickael Laumonier, Elizabeth McIsaac, Tomoo Katsura, Electrical conductivity of basaltic and carbonatite melt-bearing peridotites at high pressures: Implications for melt distribution and melt fraction in the upper mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 295, 593-602, 2010.

Barker, A.K., P.M. Holm, D.W. Peate & J.A. Baker, A 5 million year record of compositional variations in mantle sources to magmatism on Santiago, southern Cape Verde archipelago, Cont. Min. Pet., 160, 133-154, 2010, DOI 10.1007/s00410-009-0470-x

Zhang, Hongfei, Nigel Harris, Liang Guo & Wangchun Xu, The significance of Cenozoic magmatism from the western margin of the eastern syntaxis, southeast Tibet, Cont. Min. Pet., 160, 83 - 98, 2010, 10.1007/s00410-009-0467-5

Davis, A.S., D.A. Clague, J.B. Paduan, B.L. Cousens, J. Huard, Origin of volcanic seamounts at the continental margin of California related to changes in plate margins, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 11, Q05006, 28 pp, 2010.

Armienti, P. & D. Gasperini, Isotopic evidence for chaotic imprint in upper mantle heterogeneity, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 11, Q0AC02, 2010.

Fezaa, N., J.-P. Liégeois, N. Abdallah, E. H. Cherfouh, B. De Waele, O. Bruguier, A. Ouabadi, Late Ediacaran geological evolution (575–555 Ma) of the Djanet Terrane, Eastern Hoggar, Algeria, evidence for a Murzukian intracontinental episode, Precambrian Research, in press, 2010.

Ammann, M.W., J.P. Brodholt, J. Wookey and D.P. Dobson, First-principles constraints on diffusion in lower-mantle minerals and a weak D′′ layer, Nature, 465, 462-465, 2010.

Morra, G., D.A. Yuen, L. Boschi, P. Chatelain, P. Koumoutsakos, P.J. Tackley, The fate of the slabs interacting with a density/viscosity hill in the mid-mantle, PEPI, 180, 271-282, 2010.

Hirose, K., T. Lay, D. Yuen, Transport properties of the lower mantle, PEPI, 180, 109-110, 2010.

Farnetani, C.G., A.W. Hofmann, Dynamics and internal structure of the Hawaiian plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 295, 231-240, 2010.

Litasov, K. and E. Ohtani, The solidus of carbonated eclogite in the system CaO–Al2O3–MgO–SiO2–Na2O–CO2 to 32 GPa and carbonatite liquid in the deep mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 295, 115-126, 2010.

Schmandt, B.; Humphreys, E., Seismic heterogeneity and small-scale convection in the southern California upper mantle, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q05004, 2010.

Rooney, T.O., Geochemical evidence of lithospheric thinning in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift, Lithos, 117, 33-48, 2010.

Leroy, S., E. d'Acremont, C. Tiberi, C. Basuyau, J. Autin, F. Lucazeau, H. Sloan, Recent off-axis volcanism in the eastern Gulf of Aden: Implications for plume–ridge interaction, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 293, 140-153, 2010.

Smrekar, S.E., E.R. Stofan, N. Mueller, A. Treiman, L. Elkins-Tanton, J. Helbert, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart, Recent Hotspot Volcanism on Venus from VIRTIS Emissivity Data, Science, 328, 605-608, 2010.

Salters, V.J.M., A. Sachi-Kocher, An ancient metasomatic source for the Walvis Ridge basalts, Chemical Geology, 273, 151-167, 2010.

Pandey, A., M. Leech, A. Milton, P. Singh and P.K. Verma, Evidence of former majoritic garnet in Himalayan eclogite points to 200-km-deep subduction of Indian continental crust, Geology, 38, 399-402, doi:10.1130/G30584.1, 2010.

Adam, C., Yoshida, M., Isse, T., Suetsugu, D., Fukao, Y., Barruol, G., South Pacific hotspot swells dynamically supported by mantle flows, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L08302, 2010.

Frezzotti, M.L., S. Ferrando, A. Peccerillo, M. Petrelli, F. Tecce & A. Perucchi, Chlorine-rich metasomatic H2O–CO2 fluids in amphibole-bearing peridotites from Injibara (Lake Tana region, Ethiopian plateau): Nature and evolution of volatiles in the mantle of a region of continental flood basalts, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 74, 3023-3039, 2010.

Beutel, E., J. van Wijk, C. Ebinger, D. Keir, A. Agostini, Formation and stability of magmatic segments in the Main Ethiopian and Afar rifts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 293, 225-235, 2010.

DeMets, C., R.G. Gordon and D.F. Argus, Geologically current plate motions, Geophys. J. Int., 181, 1–80, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04491.x, 2010.

Bull, J.M., C. DeMets, K.S. Krishna, D.J. Sanderson, and S. Merkouriev, Reconciling plate kinematic and seismic estimates of lithospheric convergence in the central Indian Ocean, Geology, 38, 307–310; doi: 10.1130/G30521.1, 2010.

Bowin, C., Plate tectonics conserves angular momentum, eEarth, 5, 1–20, 2010.

Adam, C. & V. Vidal, Mantle Flow Drives the Subsidence of Oceanic Plates, Science, 328, 83-85, 2010.

Pilet, S., P. Ulmer & S.l Villiger, Liquid line of descent of a basanitic liquid at 1.5 Gpa: constraints on the formation of metasomatic veins, Cont. Min. Pet., 159, 621 - 643, 2010.

White, W.M., Oceanic island basalts and mantle plumes: The geochemical perspective, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 38, 133–60, 2010.

Zeng, Gang, Li-Hui Chen, Xi-Sheng Xu, Shao-Yong Jiang, A.W. Hofmann, Carbonated mantle sources for Cenozoic intra-plate alkaline basalts in Shandong, North China, Chemical Geology, 273, 35-45, 2010.

Bardintzef, J.-M., J.-P. Liégeois, B. Bonin, H. Bellon, G. Rasamimanana, Madagascar volcanic provinces linked to the Gondwana break-up: Geochemical and isotopic evidences for contrasting mantle sources, Gondwana Research, in press.

Hey, R., F. Martinez, Á. Höskuldsson, Á. Benediktsdóttir, Propagating rift model for the V-shaped ridges south of Iceland, Geochem. Geophys,. Geosys., 11, 24 pp, Q03011, doi:10.1029/2009GC002865, 2010.

Goodenough, K.M., R.J. Thomas, B. De Waele, R.M. Key, D.I. Schofield, W. Bauer, R.D. Tucker, J.-M. Rafahatelo, M. Rabarimanana, A.V. Ralison, T. Randriamananjara, Post-collisional magmatism in the central East African Orogen: The Maevarano Suite of north Madagascar, Lithos, 116, 18-34, 2010.

Julian, B.R. & J.R. Evans, On Possible Plume-Guided Seismic Waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 100, 497-508; DOI: 10.1785/0120080039, 2010.

Hirschmann, M.M., Partial melt in the oceanic low velocity zone, PEPI, 179, 60-71, 2010.

Geyer, A., J. Martí, The distribution of basaltic volcanism on Tenerife, Canary Islands: Implications on the origin and dynamics of the rift systems, Tectonophysics, 483, 310-326, 2010.

Harig, Christopher; Molnar, Peter; Houseman, Gregory A., Lithospheric thinning and localization of deformation during Rayleigh-Taylor instability with nonlinear rheology and implications for intracontinental magmatism, J. Geophys. Res., 115, No. B2, B02205, 2010.

Franke, D., S. Ladage, M. Schnabel, B. Schreckenberger, C. Reichert, K. Hinz, M. Paterlini, J. de Abelleyra, and M. Siciliano, Birth of a volcanic margin off Argentina, South Atlantic, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 11, Q0AB04, doi:10.1029/2009GC002715, 2010.

Lee, C.-T.A., P. Luffi, T. Höink, J, Li, R, Dasgupta & J, Hernlund, Upside-down differentiation and generation of a ‘primordial’ lower mantle, Nature, 463, 930-933, 2010.

Sutherland, R., S. Spasojevic and M. Gurnis, Mantle upwelling after Gondwana subduction death explains anomalous topography and subsidence histories of eastern New Zealand and West Antarctica, Geology, 38,155-158, 2010.

Hale, A.J., K.-D. Gottschaldt, G. Rosenbaum, L. Bourgouin, M. Bauchy, H. Mühlhau, Dynamics of slab tear faults: Insights from numerical modelling, Tectonophysics, 483, 58-70, 2010.

Duggen, S., K.A. Hoernle, F. Hauff, A. Kluegel, M. Bouabdellah and M.F. Thirlwall, Flow of Canary mantle plume material through a subcontinental lithospheric corridor beneath Africa to the Mediterranean, Geology, 38, p. e203, 2010.


Pan-African granite from Hoggar

Duggen, S., K.A. Hoernle, F. Hauff, A. Kluegel, M. Bouabdellah and M.F. Thirlwall, Flow of Canary mantle plume material through a subcontinental lithospheric corridor beneath Africa to the Mediterranean: REPLY, Geology, 38, p. e202, doi:10.1130/G30516C.1, 2010.


Brunelli, D. & M. Seyler, Asthenospheric percolation of alkaline melts beneath the St. Paul region (Central Atlantic Ocean), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289, 393–405, 2010.

Leng, Wei, Shijie Zhong, Surface subsidence caused by mantle plumes and volcanic loading in large igneous provinces, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 291, 207-214, 2010.

Kopylova, M., O. Navon, L. Dubrovinsky, G. Khachatryan, Carbonatitic mineralogy of natural diamond-forming fluids, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 291, 126-137, 2010.

Mata, J., M. Moreira, R. Doucelance, M. Ader, L.C. Silva, Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: Implications for carbon provenance, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 291, 70-83, 2010.

Hou, Guiting, Kusky, T. M., Wang, Chuancheng, Wang, Yanxin, Mechanics of the giant radiating Mackenzie dyke swarm: A paleostress field modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 115, No. B2, B02402

Burnard, P., M.J. Toplis, S. Medynski, Low solubility of He and Ar in carbonatitic liquids: Implications for decoupling noble gas and lithophile isotope systems, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 74, 1672-1683, 2010.

Xu, Wenliang, Debin Yang, Shan Gao, Fuping Pei, Yang Yu, Geochemistry of peridotite xenoliths in Early Cretaceous high-Mg# diorites from the Central Orogenic Block of the North China Craton: The nature of Mesozoic lithospheric mantle and constraints on lithospheric thinning, Chemical Geology, 270, 257-273, 2010.

Conrad, C.P., Benjun Wu, E.I. Smith, T.A. Bianco, A. Tibbetts, Shear-driven upwelling induced by lateral viscosity variations and asthenospheric shear: A mechanism for intraplate volcanism, PEPI, 178, 162-175, 2010.

Hastie, A.R., A.C. Kerr, Mantle plume or slab window?: Physical and geochemical constraints on the origin of the Caribbean oceanic plateau, Earth-Science Reviews, 98, 283-293, 2010.

Carminati, E. and C. Doglioni, North Atlantic geoid high, volcanism and glaciations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, doi:10.1029/2009GL041663, in press, 2010.

Ballmer, M.D., G. Ito, J. van Hunen, P.J. Tackley, Small-scale sublithospheric convection reconciles geochemistry and geochronology of ‘Superplume’ volcanism in the western and south Pacific, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 290, 224-232, 2010.

Lehmann, B., R. Burgess, D. Frei, B. Belyatsky, D. Mainkar, N.V. Chalapathi Rao, L.M. Heaman, Diamondiferous kimberlites in central India synchronous with Deccan flood basalts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 290, 142-149, 2010.

Chu, Risheng; Helmberger, D.V.; Sun, Daoyuan; Jackson, J.M.; Zhu, Lupei, Mushy magma beneath Yellowstone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, No. 1, L01306, 2010.

Talusani, R.V.R., Bimodal tholeiitic and mildly alkalic basalts from Bhir area, central Deccan Volcanic Province, India: Geochemistry and petrogenesis, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 189, 278-290, 2010.

Allard, P., A CO2-rich gas trigger of explosive paroxysms at Stromboli basaltic volcano, Italy, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 189, 207-376, 2010.

Tolstikhin, I., I. Kamensky, S. Tarakanov, J. Kramers, M. Pekala, V. Skiba, M. Gannibal, D. Novikov, Noble gas isotope sites and mobility in mafic rocks and olivine, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 1436-1447, 2010.

Afonso, J.C., G. Ranalli, M. Fernàndez, W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O'Reilly, U. Faul, On the Vp/Vs–Mg# correlation in mantle peridotites: Implications for the identification of thermal and compositional anomalies in the upper mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 289, 606-618, 2010.

Brunelli, D., M. Seyler, Asthenospheric percolation of alkaline melts beneath the St. Paul region (Central Atlantic Ocean), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 289, 393-405, 2010.

Dasgupta, R., M.G. Jackson, C.-T. A. Lee, Major element chemistry of ocean island basalts — Conditions of mantle melting and heterogeneity of mantle source, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 289, 377-392, 2010.

Panza, G., C. Doglioni, and A. Levshin, Asymmetric ocean basins, Geology, 38, 59–62; doi: 10.1130/G30570.1, 2010.

Helffrich, G., B. Faria, J.F.B.D. Fonseca, A. Lodge, Satoshi Kaneshima, Transition zone structure under a stationary hot spot: Cape Verde, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 289, 156-161, 2010.

Rilling, S.; Mukasa, S.; Wilson, T.; Lawver, L.; Hall, C., New determinations of 40Ar/ 39Ar isotopic ages and flow volumes for Cenozoic volcanism in the Terror Rift, Ross Sea, Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B12207, 2010.

Ghosh, A.; Becker, T. W.; Zhong, S. J., Effects of lateral viscosity variations on the geoid, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L01301, 2010.

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