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Hawai’i’s Depleted Peridotite Delivers More Magma

by Vincent Salters 24 March 202524 March 2025

The source for the isotopically-enriched Hawaiian magmas contains peridotites that experienced near-surface melting prior incorporation in the plume.

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Pliocene Conveyer Belt in the Pacific

by Vincent Salters 6 September 20237 September 2023

Ocean Drilling Program cores and helium isotopes put better constraints on the ocean circulation in the north Pacific.

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The Depleted Mantle Merry-Go-Round 

by Vincent Salters 5 April 20234 August 2023

Abyssal peridotites show through their isotopic composition a complex history. From differences we can infer the existence of ultra depleted mantle and an uneven contribution to ridge magmatism.

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The Crust Travels to the Earth’s Core and Back in Record Time

by Vincent Salters 16 December 20228 February 2023

Subduction of continental crust around the Gondwana supercontinent may explain the mantle Dupal anomaly of the southern hemisphere.

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Zircons and Plate Tectonics

by Vincent Salters 29 April 20229 May 2023

New data on ancient zircons points to a transition from stagnant lid to subduction style tectonics at 3.6 Ga ago.

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