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Alberto Edgardo Saal
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The volcanism of the Meseta del Lago Buenos Aires, Patagonia: the transition from subduction to slab window
CONVERGENT MARGIN DYNAMICS II ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2023
Imani Guest, Alberto E. Saal, Soumen Mallick, Matt...
The Meseta del Lago Buenos Aires (MLBA) in southern Patagonia, a volcanic plateau formed from ~12 Ma to present, provides an opportunity to investigat...
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The Signature of Metasomatized Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle in the Basaltic Magmatism of the Payenia Volcanic Province, Argentina
GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS
24 january 2022
Benjamin Chilson-Parks, Fernando Calabozo, Alberto...

The Payenia region of Argentina (34.5–38°S) is a large Pliocene‐Quaternary volcanic province of basaltic compositions in the Andea...

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Rapid deformation and annealing events recorded in a mantle xenolith from the Wyoming craton; A pathway for understanding microstructure evolution in the mantle
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS (PPEM): THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT III POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 16 december 2021
Yuval Boneh, Emily J. Chin, Benjamin Chilson-Parks...
The upper mantle can undergo dynamic flow or experience more static regimes of kinematic quiescence, which will affect its microstructure and various ...
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No recycled sulfur in south-american subduction components: evidence from South Chile ridge basalts
RECYCLING IN THE SUBDUCTION FACTORY: CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBDUCTION-INDUCED MANTLE HETEROGENEITIES THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES II POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 16 december 2021
Isabelle Genot, Soumen Mallick, Jabrane Labidi, Al...
The sulfur content and isotopic budget of the sub-arc mantle is still weakly constrained despite its important role in mantle wedge oxidation, ore dep...
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Microstructural Shift due to Post‐Deformation Annealing in the Upper Mantle
GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS
19 march 2021
Yuval Boneh, Emily J. Chin, Benjamin Chilson-Parks...

Syntectonic microstructural evolution is a well‐known phenomenon in the mantle and lower crust associated with two main processes: grain size...

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Volcanically Induced Transient Atmospheres on the Moon: Assessment of Duration, Significance, and Contributions to Polar Volatile Traps
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
17 september 2020
James W. Head, Lionel Wilson, Ariel Deutsch, Malco...

A transient lunar atmosphere formed during a peak period of volcanic outgassing and lasting up to about ~70 Ma was recently proposed. We utili...

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The abundance of water in the lunar mantle: constraints from modeling, remote sensing, and laboratory data
VOLATILE ELEMENTS IN MAGMATIC AND PLANETARY PROCESSES: BUDGETS, FLUXES, AND BEHAVIOR II POSTERS
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2019
darien florez, Christian Huber, Ralph Milliken, Al...
Constraining the volatile budget of the lunar mantle and the presence and scale of heterogeneities, particularly in terms of water, has profound impli...
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An Isotopically Depleted Component Intrinsic to the Hawaiian Mantle Plume
TRACING THE COSMOCHEMISTRY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: DUST TO PLANETS I
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2019
Christopher DeFelice, Soumen Mallick, Alberto E. S...
Isotopically depleted components have long been recognized in mantle plumes. The Hawaiian mantle plume samples an isotopically depleted component duri...
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