Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Papers
(The TQCC of Earth and Planetary Science Letters is 13. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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How to quake a subducting dry slab at intermediate depths: Inferences from numerical modelling131
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Evolutionary dynamics of redox-sensitive minerals reveal details and possible regulatory mechanisms of Earth's oxygenation events79
Thin basaltic regolith at the Chang'e-6 landing site75
Crustal deformation across the southeastern flank of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis from 3D velocity and anisotropic structures73
Constraining the thermal structure of the subduction plate interface: Coupled petrologic and geodynamic study of high-pressure rocks of New Caledonia71
Are long-lasting isotope trends independent from slab dynamics, upper-plate stress regime and crustal thickness? Insights from central Patagonia65
The spatio-temporal evolution of 182W and 142Nd in the Deccan-La Réunion plume63
Reconstructing seawater δ18O and Δ55
Diffusion anisotropy of Ti in zircon and implications for Ti-in-zircon thermometry52
Behavior of iron isotopes in hydrothermal systems: Beebe and Von Damm vent fields on the Mid-Cayman ultraslow-spreading ridge52
Replacement of magnetite by hematite in hydrothermal systems: A refined redox-independent model52
Mesoarchean diamonds formed in thickened lithosphere, caused by slab-stacking51
MgO miscibility in liquid iron50
Unity of terrestrial and extraterrestrial soils in granular configuration50
Volatile-depletion processing of the building blocks of Earth and Mars as recorded by potassium isotopes50
Calibrating the triple oxygen isotope composition of evaporite minerals as a proxy for marine sulfate49
Organic sulfur fluxes and geomorphic control of sulfur isotope ratios in rivers47
Multiple sulfur isotope systematics of pyrite for tracing sulfate-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane46
Fluid processes in the early Earth and the growth of continents46
Stable neodymium isotopic fractionation during chemical weathering45
Lithospheric rheology in West Tibet and Pamir constrained from the postseismic deformation of the 2005 Mw7.6 Kashmir (Pakistan) earthquake44
The helium and carbon isotopic signature of Ocean island basalts: Insights from Fogo volcano (Cape Verde archipelago)43
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Transverse aeolian ridges in the landing area of the Tianwen-1 Zhurong rover on Utopia Planitia, Mars42
Temperature and hydrological variations during the late-glacial in the Central Mediterranean: Application of the novel ostracod-clumped isotope thermometer41
Hydrogen in acapulcoites and lodranites: A unique source of water for planetesimals in the inner Solar System41
A lithospheric-scale thrust-wedge model for the formation of the northern Tibetan plateau margin: Evidence from high-resolution seismic imaging41
Long-term isolation of Hadean mantle domains revealed from coupled 147-146Sm-143-142Nd systematics in the eastern North China Craton41
Dynamic collapse and regrowth of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Weddell Sea sector during the middle Miocene: A novel multi-proxy sedimentary provenance approach using in-situ 87Rb/87Sr dating of detr41
Mantle thermochemical variations beneath the continental United States through petrologic interpretation of seismic tomography41
The 2018-ongoing Mayotte submarine eruption: Magma migration imaged by petrological monitoring40
Prolonged deep-ocean carbonate chemistry recovery after the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum40
Dominance of transient rheology in far-field postseismic deformation following the 2012 Mw 7.8 Haida Gwaii and 2013 Mw 7.5 Craig earthquakes40
Diffusive titanium isotope fractionation in silicate melts39
Mineralogy and regolith maturity at the Chang'E-5 landing site inferred from the Lunar Mineralogical Spectrometer39
Influences of Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation and Antarctic ice-sheet expansion on Pliocene deep Pacific carbonate chemistry39
Simultaneous creation of a large vapor plume and pumice raft by the 2021 Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba shallow submarine eruption39
Interference of ocean and land mass changes in seasonal crustal deformation of coastal stations: A case study in northern Australia39
The role of three-dimensional fault interactions in creating complex seismic sequences39
Contrasting Cu isotopes in mid-ocean ridge basalts and lower oceanic crust: Insights into the oceanic crustal magma plumbing systems38
Controls on sediment residence times in an Alpine river catchment inferred from uranium isotopes38
More than an age: U-Pb dating constrains alteration of Precambrian carbonates38
Spatial distribution of 1.4-1.3 Ga LIPs and carbonatite-related REE deposits: Evidence for large-scale continental rifting in the Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent38
Partitioning of silicon and sulfur between solid and liquid iron under core pressures: Constraints on Earth's core composition38
Formation of the massive bedded chert and coupled Silicon and Iron cycles during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition37
Accessory mineral microstructure and chronology reveals no evidence for late heavy bombardment on the asteroid 4-Vesta36
Mantle induced hydration and oxidation of intracontinental granite sources in the North China Craton36
Reconstruction of the Virtual Geomagnetic Pole (VGP) path at high latitude for the last 22 kyr: The role of radial field flux patches as VGP attractor36
Shear-induced dilation and dike formation during mush deformation36
Nanoscale reservoirs store solar wind-derived water on the lunar surface36
A significant doubling of rockfall rates since the Little Ice Age in the Mont-Blanc massif, inferred from 10Be concentrations and rockfall inventories36
Subsurface weathering signatures in stream chemistry during an intense storm35
Hypocentral dependent shallow slip distribution and rupture extents along a strike-slip fault35
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The evolution of Martian fissure eruptions and their plumbing systems35
Vanadium isotope fractionation during early planetary evolution: Insights from achondrite analyses35
Boron concentrations and isotopic compositions in methane-derived authigenic carbonates: Constraints and limitations in reconstructing formation conditions34
Did an asteroid impact cause temporary warming during snowball Earth?34
A 650 km2 Miocene strewnfield of splash-form impact glasses in the Atacama Desert, Chile34
Decadal change of the Apulia microplate motion preceding the M 6.4, 26 November 2019 Durrës (Albania) earthquake34
Evolution of rift faulting in incipient, magma-poor divergent plate boundaries: New insights from the Okavango-Makgadikgadi Rift Zone, Botswana33
A high-resolution map of Hawaiian ULVZ morphology from ScS phases33
Volcanic tempo driven by rapid fluctuations in mantle temperature during large igneous province emplacement33
Zircon microstructures record high temperature and pressure conditions during impact melt evolution at the West Clearwater Lake impact structure, Canada33
Quartz-hosted inclusions and embayments reveal storage, fluxing, and ascent of the Mesa Falls Tuff, Yellowstone33
The 2022, Ms 6.9 Menyuan earthquake: Surface rupture, Paleozoic suture re-activation, slip-rate and seismic gap along the Haiyuan fault system, NE Tibet33
The effect of salinity on water 17O/16O ratios in brines33
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Kinking facilitates grain nucleation and modifies crystallographic preferred orientations during high-stress ice deformation32
The early onset of magmatic rift faulting in the Edward-George Rift, Uganda32
Shear thinning and brittle failure in crystal-bearing magmas arise from local non-Newtonian effects in the melt32
Eustatic sea-level fall and global fluctuations in carbonate production during the Carnian Pluvial Episode32
New evidence for a long Rhaetian from a Panthalassan succession (Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) and regional differences in carbon cycle perturbations at the Triassic-Jurassic transition32
Unexpectedly narrower track diameter at site of fission event31
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The history of ice-sheet retreat on North America during Termination 5: Implications for the origin of the sea-level highstand during interglacial stage 1131
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Strong effect of liquid Fe–S on elastic wave velocity of olivine aggregate: Implication for the low velocity anomaly at the base of the lunar mantle31
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Strain hardening induced by crystal plasticity: A new mechanism for brittle failure in garnets31
When rainfall trapped in fluid inclusion restores the relief of an orogen: Insights from the Cenozoic Himalayas31
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Heterogeneity within refractory organic matter from CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrites: Evidence from Raman spectroscopy30
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Frictional power dissipation in a seismic ancient fault29
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Reply to comment by Zhao et al. on “Hydrothermal events in the Linzizong Group: Implications for Paleogene exhumation and paleoaltimetry of the southern Tibetan Plateau”29
The origin of methane in serpentinite-hosted hyperalkaline hot spring at Hakuba Happo, Japan: Radiocarbon, methane isotopologue and noble gas isotope approaches29
Onset of convection from hydrate formation and salt exclusion in marine sands29
High-resolution seismic imaging of the plate boundary in northern Baja California and southern California using double-pair double-difference tomography29
Interannual ice mass variations over the Antarctic ice sheet from 2003 to 2017 were linked to El Niño-Southern Oscillation28
Asian monsoon evolution linked to Pacific temperature gradients since the Late Miocene28
Was climatic cooling during the earliest Carboniferous driven by expansion of seed plants?28
Did the Boreal Realm extend into the equatorial region? New paleomagnetic evidence from the Tuva–Mongol and Amuria blocks28
Cold subduction recorded by the 1.9 Ga Salma eclogite in Belomorian Province (Russia)28
Hydrogen diffusion mechanism in the mantle deduced from H-D interdiffusion in wadsleyite28
Days to weeks of syn-eruptive magma interaction: High-resolution geochemistry of the 2002-03 branched eruption at Mount Etna28
Seismic evidence of fluid migration in northeastern Japan after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake28
Timescales of magma transport in the Columbia River flood basalts, determined by paleomagnetic data28
Four distinct pulses of volcanism built the Melanesian Border Plateau: Implications for oceanic mid-plate superstructure formation28
Copper-mineralised porphyries sample the evolution of a large-volume silicic magma reservoir from rapid assembly to solidification28
Expanded lacustrine sedimentation in the Qaidam Basin on the northern Tibetan Plateau: Manifestation of climatic wetting during the Oligocene icehouse28
Sedimentary and crustal structure of the US Gulf Coast revealed by Rayleigh wave and teleseismic P coda data with implications for continent rifting28
Shortening and extrusion in the East Anatolian Plateau: How was Neogene Arabia-Eurasia convergence tectonically accommodated?27
Metasomatism is a source of methane on Mars27
Clumped isotopes constrain thermogenic and secondary microbial methane origins in coal bed methane27
A speciation model linking the fate of carbon and hydrogen during core – magma ocean equilibration27
Diffusion rates of hydrogen defect species associated with site-specific infrared spectral bands in natural olivine27
Dynamic shifts in the southern Benguela upwelling system since the latest Miocene27
Lateral coexistence of ductile and brittle deformation shapes magma-poor distal margins: An example from the West Iberia-Newfoundland margins27
Exhumation of ultra-high pressure (UHP) rocks modulated by rifted margin-subduction feedback: Implications for their preservation in old collisional orogens27
Earth's longest lava flows erupted from its largest igneous province: The submarine Ontong Java Plateau27
Influence of magma flux on magma storage depths along the Reykjanes Ridge27
The roles of microlites and phenocrysts during degassing of silicic magma27
Formation of carbon-bearing silicate melts by melt-metacarbonate interaction at convergent plate margins27
Late Carboniferous paleoelevation of the Variscan Belt of Western Europe27
Paleomagnetism of 3.5-4.0 Ga zircons from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa27
Decoupled anisotropy in the lower crust and upper mantle extracted by the Wave Gradiometry method resolves the differential deformation mechanisms beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau27
Subduction-driven mantle flow beneath active back-arc basins inferred from seismic anisotropy tomography27
Upstream migration of avulsion sites on lowland deltas with river-mouth retreat27
Seismo-acoustic gliding: An experimental study27
Sequences of seismic and aseismic slip on bimaterial faults show dominant rupture asymmetry and potential for elevated seismic hazard27
Transitions in subduction zone properties align with long-term topographic growth (Cascadia, USA)27
Pressure- and temperature-dependent anharmonicity of MgO: Implications for the thermal conductivity of planetary mantles26
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Temporal variations in the composition of Cretaceous Cordilleran arc volcanism through a high-frequency record of bentonites26
A distinct type of MORB formed by two-stage melting of a hybrid mantle during Gondwana breakup26
Changes of North Atlantic plate motion in early Paleogene driven by Icelandic plume: Insights from kinematic and stratigraphic constraints26
Cryptic sulfur cycling during the formation of giant gypsum deposits26
Long-term evolution of terrestrial weathering and its link to Earth's oxygenation26
On exhumation velocities of high-pressure units based on insights from chemical zoning in garnet (Tianshan, NW China)26
Wetted two-grain boundaries in olivine aggregates and seismic velocities in the oceanic upper mantle26
Hydrodynamical simulations of proto-Moon degassing26
Generation mechanism of the 26 s and 28 s tremors in the Gulf of Guinea from statistical analysis of magnitudes and event intervals26
The morphology and texture of Plinian pyroclasts reflect their lateral sourcing in the conduit25
Reactive-transport modeling of neodymium and its radiogenic isotope in deep-sea sediments: The roles of authigenesis, marine silicate weathering and reverse weathering25
Tonian basins record rifting of Kalahari from Rodinia and no evidence of a pre-Sturtian Kaigas glaciation25
Sulfur isotopes link atmospheric sulfate aerosols from the Siberian Traps outgassing to the end-Permian extinction on land25
Geodetic constraints on slip rate on the Karakoram fault and its role in the Himalayan arc deformation25
Atmospheric controls on precipitation isotopes and hydroclimate in high-elevation regions in Eastern Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum24
North China as a mechanical bridge linking Pacific subduction and extrusion of the Tibetan Plateau24
The nature, timescale, and efficiency of riverine export of terrestrial organic carbon in the (sub)tropics: Insights at the molecular level from the Pearl River and adjacent coastal sea24
An extended period of extremely weak geomagnetic field suggested by palaeointensities from the Ediacaran Grenville dykes (SE Canada)24
Microscale hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen isotopic diversity of organic matter in asteroid Ryugu24
Determining the initiation of shear zone deformation using titanite petrochronology24
Crustal and uppermost mantle structures of the North American Midcontinent Rift revealed by joint full-waveform inversion of ambient-noise data and teleseismic P waves24
Controls by rheological structure of the lithosphere on the temporal evolution of continental magmatism: Inferences from the Pannonian Basin system24
The ascent of subduction zone mélanges: Experimental constraints on mélange rock densities and solidus temperatures24
New insights into the structural heterogeneity and geodynamics of the Indo-Burma subduction zone from ambient noise tomography23
Impact of riverine sediment mineralogy on seawater Nd isotope compositions in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean during the last two glacial cycles23
Evolving morphology of crustal accumulations in Earth's lowermost mantle23
Residence time of inertial particles in 3D thermal convection: Implications for magma reservoirs23
Numeric ring-reconstructions based on massifs favor a non-oblique south pole-Aitken-forming impact event23
Changes in elastic wave velocity during brittle deformation of gabbro and peridotite: Implications for oceanic Moho reflectivity23
Crustal-mantle layering deposits in the Von Kármán crater, South Pole-Aitken basin23
Tracing Atlantic water transit times in the Arctic Ocean: Coupling reprocessing-derived 236U and colored dissolved organic matter to distinguish different pathways23
Combined dynamical and morphological characterisation of geodynamo simulations23
Low-velocity heterogeneities redistributed by subducted material in the deepest mantle beneath North America23
Evolution in unrest processes at Campi Flegrei caldera as inferred from local seismicity23
A tephra-based approach to calibrating relative geomagnetic paleointensity stacks to absolute values23
Autogenic masking of allogenic inputs: Numerical modelling of signal preservation in deep-water fan strata23
Decoding multiple source signatures in coseismic ionospheric disturbances of the 2024 January Mw7.5 Noto-Peninsula earthquake, Central Japan23
A new chronology from debiased crater densities: Implications for the origin and evolution of lunar impactors22
Melt migration in rubble-pile planetesimals: Implications for the formation of primitive achondrites22
Zircon as a recorder of contrasting magma recharge and eruptive recurrence patterns22
Temporal and spatial variation of seafloor spreading at ultraslow spreading ridges: Contribution of marine magnetics22
Identification of carbonate-associated sulfate (CAS) in a Noachian Martian meteorite Allan Hills 8400122
Evolution of Earth's oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon polar outflow in the Archean eon22
Insights into the environment surrounding the subduction megathrust using teleseismic P-to-S and P-to-P scattered phases22
Large sulfur isotope fractionation during abiotic consumption of hydrogen sulfide after cessation of bacterial growth in batch culture experiments of sulfate reducing bacteria22
Evidence for a very thick Kaapvaal craton root: Implications for equilibrium fossil geotherms in the early continental lithosphere22
Snapshots of magmatic evolution revealed by zircon depth profiling22
Mercury isotope constraints on the timing and pattern of magmatism during the end-Triassic mass extinction22
Testing erosional and kinematic drivers of exhumation in the central Himalaya22
Formation mechanism of drift-moat contourite systems revealed by in-situ observations in the South China Sea22
A new view of the Pangea supercontinent with an emphasis on the East Asian blocks22
Estimated seismicity of Venusian wrinkle ridges based on fault scaling relationships22
Late Eocene signals of oncoming Icehouse conditions and changing ocean circulation, Antarctica22
Crustal attenuation beneath western North America: Implications for slab subduction, terrane accretion and arc magmatism of the Cascades22
In-situ borehole temperature measurements confirm dynamics of the gas hydrate stability zone at the upper Danube deep sea fan, Black Sea22
Wide shelves as discriminators between hinterland tectonic and intra-basin rifting signals22
Effect of the liquid-vacuum transition on the relative abundances of amino and fatty acids sought as biosignatures on icy ocean worlds22
Implications of longitudinal ridges for the mechanics of ice-free long runout landslides22
Partial melt in mesoscale upper mantle upwellings beneath ocean basins22
Coupled vanadium and thallium isotope constraints on Mesoproterozoic ocean oxygenation around 1.38-1.39 Ga22
Are marl-limestone alternations mainly driven by CaCO3 variations at the astronomical timescale? New insights from extraterrestrial 3He21
Enhanced iceberg discharge in the western North Atlantic during all Heinrich events of the last glaciation21
Simulated radiocarbon cycle revisited by considering the bipolar seesaw and benthic 14C data21
Determining the role of diffusion and basement flux in controlling 4He distribution in sedimentary basin fluids21
Detachment-parallel recharge can explain high discharge fluxes at the TAG hydrothermal field21
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Corrigendum to “Discharge rate of explosive volcanic eruption controls runout distance of pyroclastic density currents” [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 568 (2021) 117017]21
Long-term observation of electrical discharges during persistent Vulcanian activity21
Inferring relative sediment fluxes and landscape evolution trends from C, O and clumped isotopes and mineral composition in detrital carbonate21
Spectral amplification of ground motion linked to resonance of large-scale mountain landforms21
Boron isotopes in Central American volcanics indicate a key role for the subducting oceanic crust21
Boron geochemistry reveals the evolution of Dead Sea brines21
Corrigendum to “Deglaciation of Pope Glacier implies widespread early Holocene ice sheet thinning in the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica” [Earth & Planetary Science Letters 548 (2020) 116501]21
Chondrites as thermal and mechanical archives of accretion processes in the Solar protoplanetary disk21
Garnet zoning patterns record multiple processes of chemical transfer during subduction21
Induced seismicity and surface deformation associated with long-term and abrupt geothermal operations in Blue Mountain, Nevada21
Self-reactivated rupture during the 2019 M = 8 northern Peru intraslab earthquake21
Ubiquitous dendritic olivine constructs initial crystal framework of mafic magma chamber21
Phosphorus flux during the Ediacaran: Rooted in continental weathering or pelagic upwelling?21
Corrigendum to “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of crystalline plagioclase feldspar samples with various Al,Si order and implications for remote sensing of Mercury and other terrestrial Solar System objects21
Tracing material contributions from Saint Helena plume to the South Mid-Atlantic ridge system20
The transformation of aragonite to calcite in the presence of magnesium: Implications for marine diagenesis20
Earth's accretion inferred from iron isotopic anomalies of supernova nuclear statistical equilibrium origin20
Earth's hypsometry and what it tells us about global sea level20
Active, long-lived upper-plate splay faulting revealed by thermochronology in the Alaska subduction zone20
Corrigendum to “Rapid absolute plate motion changes inferred from high-resolution relative spreading reconstructions: A case study focusing on the South America plate and its Atlantic/Pacific neighbor20
Garnet clinopyroxenite formation via amphibole-dehydration in continental arcs: Evidence from Fe isotopes20
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Detrital rutile tracks the first appearance of subduction zone low T/P paired metamorphism in the Palaeoproterozoic20
Global halogen flux of subducting oceanic crust20
Water ice particles detected by SELENE's Spectral Profiler at lunar shadowed regions in various local times and latitudes20
Orbital identification of widespread hydrated silica deposits in Gale crater20
Mechanisms and timing of carbonaceous chondrite delivery to the Earth20
Hafnium isotope evidence for enhanced weatherability at high southern latitudes during Oceanic Anoxic Event 220
Direct in situ evidence of tidal roles in the formation of contourite depositional systems20
Cryogenian interglacial greenhouse driven by enhanced volcanism: Evidence from mercury records20
Disparities in oxygen isotopes of detrital and igneous zircon identify erosional bias in crustal rock record20
Triple oxygen and clumped isotopes in modern soil carbonate along an aridity gradient in the Serengeti, Tanzania20
Uranium-series comminution ages constrain large catchment erosion and its response to climate change: A case study from the Changjiang20
Rapid pre-explosion increase in dome extrusion rate at La Soufrière, St. Vincent quantified from synthetic aperture radar backscatter20
The sulfur isotopic composition of Cenozoic pyrite is affected by methane content and depositional environment20
A benthic source of isotopically heavy Ni from continental margins and implications for global ocean Ni isotope mass balance20
Corrigendum to “Origin of the shallow slip deficit on a strike slip fault: Influence of elastic structure, topography, data coverage, and noise” [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 554 (2021) 116696]20
Sediment provenance and silicic volcano-tectonic evolution of the northern East African Rift System from U/Pb and (U-Th)/He laser ablation double dating of detrital zircons20
Local sedimentary effects shaped key sulfur records after the Great Oxidation Event20
Ancient and recycled sulfur sampled by the Iceland mantle plume19
Tidal modulation of seismicity at the Coso geothermal field19
A comparison of 87Rb/87Sr and 40Ar/39Ar dates: Evaluating the problem of excess 40Ar in Himalayan mica19
Zinc isotope evidence for carbonate alteration of oceanic crustal protoliths of cratonic eclogites19
Shallow crustal rupture in a major M 7.5 earthquake above a deep crustal seismic swarm along the Noto Peninsula in western Japan19
Collapse of tropical rainforest ecosystems caused by high-temperature wildfires during the end-Permian mass extinction19
Field evidence for disequilibrium dynamics in preserved fluvial cross-strata: A record of discharge variability or morphodynamic hierarchy?19
Barium isotopes in stromatolites through deep-time: A novel tracer for metal cycling in the photic zone19
Amphibole stability, water storage in the mantle, and the nature of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary19
Decoupled oxygenation of the Ediacaran ocean and atmosphere during the rise of early animals19
Transient rheology in sea level change: Implications for Meltwater Pulse 1A19
Rock coast erosion: An overlooked source of sediments to the ocean. Europe as an example19
Equilibrium Ca isotope fractionation and the rates of isotope exchange in the calcite-fluid and aragonite-fluid systems at 25 °C19
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