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A Jurassic volcanic passive margin in Iran and Turkey

scholarly article

A Late Neoproterozoic (∼630 Ma) high-magnesium andesite suite from southern Israel: implications for the consolidation of Gondwanaland

scholarly article by O Katz et al published February 2004 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

A Subduction Primer for Instructors of Introductory-Geology Courses and Authors of Introductory-Geology Textbooks

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A new perspective on Cenozoic calc-alkaline and shoshonitic volcanic rocks, eastern Saveh (central Iran)

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

A serpentinite-hosted ecosystem in the Southern Mariana Forearc

scientific article (publication date: 21 February 2012)

Across-arc geochemical variations in the Paleogene magmatic belt of Iran

scientific article published in November 2019

Age and nature of 560–520 Ma calc-alkaline granitoids of Biarjmand, northeast Iran: insights into Cadomian arc magmatism in northern Gondwana

scientific article published in 2016

Age, geochemistry, and emplacement of the ~40-Ma Baneh granite–appinite complex in a transpressional tectonic regime, Zagros suture zone, northwest Iran

scholarly article by Hossein Azizi et al published 12 January 2018 in International Geology Review

Arc Assembly and Continental Collision in the Neoproterozoic East African Orogen: Implications for the Consolidation of Gondwanaland

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Arc magmatic evolution and the construction of continental crust at the Central American Volcanic Arc system

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Atmur-Delgo suture: A Neoproterozoic oceanic basin extending into the interior of northeast Africa

scientific article

Bathymetry of Mariana trench-arc system and formation of the Challenger Deep as a consequence of weak plate coupling

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Cadomian (Ediacaran–Cambrian) arc magmatism in the ChahJam–Biarjmand metamorphic complex (Iran): Magmatism along the northern active margin of Gondwana

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Cadomian (∼560 Ma) crust buried beneath the northern Arabian Peninsula: Mineral, chemical, geochronological, and isotopic constraints from NE Jordan xenoliths

scientific article published in February 2016

Carbonate alteration of ophiolitic rocks in the Arabian–Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid and implications for the formation of Au deposits

scientific article published on 26 September 2016

Chapter 21 The Tambien Group, Northern Ethiopia (Tigre)

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Chapter 22 Evidence for Early and Mid-Cryogenian glaciation in the Northern Arabian–Nubian Shield (Egypt, Sudan, and western Arabia)

scholarly article by Robert J. Stern et al published 2011 in Memoirs of the Geological Society of London

Characteristics of mantle fabrics beneath the south-central United States: Constraints from shear-wave splitting measurements

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Comment and Reply on "Pacific margins of Laurentia and East Antarctica-Australia as a conjugate rift pair: Evidence and implications for an Eocambrian supercontinent"

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Comment and Reply on “Evolution of the Kid Group, southeast Sinai Peninsula: Thrusts, melanges, and implications for accretionary tectonics during the late Proterozoic of the Arabian-Nubian Shield”: COMMENT

scholarly article

Commentary on JGR‐Sold Earth Paper “Deep Seismic Structure Across the Southernmost Mariana Trench: Implications for Arc Rifting and Plate Hydration” by Wan et al

scientific article

Continental crust of China: A brief guide for the perplexed

scholarly article

Continental lithosphere of the Arabian Plate: A geologic, petrologic, and geophysical synthesis

scientific article published in July 2010

Corrigendum to “Eocene Kashmar granitoids (NE Iran): Petrogenetic constraints from U Pb zircon geochronology and isotope geochemistry” [Lithos 216–217 (2015) 118–135]

scholarly article by Hadi Shafaii Moghadam et al published February 2018 in Lithos

Crustal Evolution of NW Iran: Cadomian Arcs, Archean Fragments and the Cenozoic Magmatic Flare-Up

scientific article

Cryogenian slate-carbonate sequences of the Tambien Group, Northern Ethiopia (I): Pre-“Sturtian” chemostratigraphy and regional correlations

scholarly article by Nathan R. Miller et al published May 2009 in Precambrian Research

Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology of Cryogenian diamictites and Lower Paleozoic sandstone in Ethiopia (Tigrai): Age constraints on Neoproterozoic glaciation and crustal evolution of the southern Arabian–Nubian Shield

scholarly article by D. Avigad et al published March 2007 in Precambrian Research

Did the transition to plate tectonics cause Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth?

article

Diffuse Extension of the Southern Mariana Margin

scientific article published in January 2018

Diffuse flow hydrothermal manganese mineralization along the active Mariana and southern Izu-Bonin arc system, western Pacific

scientific article published in 2008

Diffuse spreading, a newly recognized mode of crustal accretion in the southern Mariana Trough backarc basin

scientific article

Diverse magmatic effects of subducting a hot slab in SW Japan: Results from forward modeling

scholarly article

Early Carboniferous (∼357 Ma) crust beneath northern Arabia: Tales from Tell Thannoun (southern Syria)

scholarly article by Robert J. Stern et al published May 2014 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Early Paleozoic tectonic reconstruction of Iran: Tales from detrital zircon geochronology

Early arc volcanism and the ophiolite problem: A perspective from drilling in the western Pacific

scientific article published in 1995

Enriched back-arc basin basalts from the northern Mariana Trough: implications for the magmatic evolution of back-arc basins

scientific article published in October 1990

Eocene Kashmar granitoids (NE Iran): Petrogenetic constraints from U–Pb zircon geochronology and isotope geochemistry

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Eocene initiation of the Cascadia subduction zone: A second example of plume-induced subduction initiation?

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

Evidence for adiabatic decompression melting in the Southern Mariana Arc from high-Mg lavas and melt inclusions

scientific article published on 27 June 2006

Evidence for the Snowball Earth hypothesis in the Arabian-Nubian Shield and the East African Orogen

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Evidence from ophiolites, blueschists, and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes that the modern episode of subduction tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time

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Evolution of the Arabian Nubian Shield and Snowball Earth

scientific article published in 2021

Fore-arc basalts and subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana system

scholarly article

Formation of Continental Crust by Diapiric Melting of Recycled Crustal Materials in the Mantle Wedge

scientific article published in 2022

Formation of juvenile continental crust in the Arabian Nubian shield: evidence from granitic rocks of the Nakasib suture, NE Sudan

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Glass Inclusions in Mariana Arc Phenocrysts: A New Perspective on Magmatic Evolution in A Typical Intra‐Oceanic Arc

scientific article published in January 1998

Glimpses of oceanic lithosphere of the Challenger Deep forearc segment in the southernmost Marianas: The 143°E transect, 5800–4200 m

scholarly article

Hf-Nd isotope variation in Mariana Trough basalts: The importance of “ambient mantle” in the interpretation of subduction zone magmas

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Is plate tectonics needed to evolve technological species on exoplanets?

scholarly article by Robert J. Stern published July 2016 in Geoscience Frontiers GSF / China University of Geosciences

Jurassic igneous rocks of the central Sanandaj–Sirjan zone (Iran) mark a propagating continental rift, not a magmatic arc

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Kimberlites and the start of plate tectonics

scholarly article

Kimberlites and the start of plate tectonics: REPLY

scholarly article by R.J. Stern et al published 20 December 2016 in Geology

Late Cretaceous plume-induced subduction initiation along the southern margin of the Caribbean and NW South America: The first documented example with implications for the onset of plate tectonics

scientific article published in January 2015

Late Precambrian rifting and crustal evolution in the Northeastern Desert of Egypt

scholarly article by Robert J. Stern et al published 1984 in Geology

Lateral propagation-induced subduction initiation at passive continental margins controlled by preexisting lithospheric weakness

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Lithospheric petrology of the eastern Arabian Plate: Constraints from Al-Ashkhara (Oman) xenoliths

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Long-term eruptive activity at a submarine arc volcano

scientific article published on May 2006

Lu–Hf and O isotopic compositions on single zircons from the North Eastern Desert of Egypt, Arabian–Nubian Shield: Implications for crustal evolution

scientific article published in April 2016

MORB mantle and subduction components interact to generate basalts in the southern Mariana Trough back-arc basin

scientific article published in June 1996

Mapping gossans in arid regions with Landsat TM and SIR-C images: the Beddaho Alteration Zone in northern Eritrea

scholarly article

Metastable olivine within oceanic lithosphere in the uppermost lower mantle beneath the eastern United States

scholarly article

Mineral compositions and thermobarometry of basalts and boninites recovered during IODP Expedition 352 to the Bonin forearc

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 105 no. 10, October 2020

Mission Immiscible: Distinct Subduction Components Generate Two Primary Magmas at Pagan Volcano, Mariana Arc

Mississippian southern Laurentia tuffs came from a northern Gondwana arc

scholarly article

Modern-style plate tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time: An alternative interpretation of Earth's tectonic history

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Molybdenum isotopes unmask slab dehydration and melting beneath the Mariana arc

scientific article published on 14 October 2021

Nature of the Red Sea crust: A controversy revisited

scientific article

Nature of the Red Sea crust: A controversy revisited: Comment and Reply

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Neoproterozoic (835–720 Ma) Serpentinites in the Eastern Desert, Egypt: Fragments of Forearc Mantle

scientific article published in July 2007

Neoproterozoic Glaciation—Snowball Earth Hypothesis

scientific article published in 2021

Neoproterozoic Rosetta Gabbro from northernmost Arabian–Nubian Shield, south Jordan: Geochemistry and petrogenesis

scholarly article by Ghaleb H. Jarrar et al published July 2017 in Lithos

Neoproterozoic crustal growth: The solid Earth system during a critical episode of Earth history

scientific article published in August 2008

Neoproterozoic magmatic flare-up along the N. margin of Gondwana: The Taknar complex, NE Iran

scholarly article by Hadi Shafaii Moghadam et al published September 2017 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Neotethyan Subduction Ignited the Iran Arc and Backarc Differently

scientific article

New evidence for Jurassic continental rifting in the northern Sanandaj Sirjan Zone, western Iran: the Ghalaylan seamount, southwest Ghorveh

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

One or Two Early Cretaceous Arc Systems in the Lhasa Terrane, Southern Tibet

scholarly article

Orientation of late Precambrian sutures in the Arabian-Nubian shield

scholarly article

Origin of back-arc basin magmas: Trace element and isotope perspectives

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Origin of cross-chain geochemical variation in Quaternary lavas from the northern Izu arc: Using a quantitative mass balance approach to identify mantle sources and mantle wedge processes

scholarly article

Peridotites from a ductile shear zone within back-arc lithospheric mantle, southern Mariana Trench: Results of a Shinkai 6500 dive

scientific article published in May 2009

Peridotites from the Mariana Trough: first look at the mantle beneath an active back-arc basin

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Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Late Carboniferous A-type granites and gabbronorites in NW Iran: Geochronological and geochemical constraints

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Petrogenesis of the ~740 Korab Kansi mafic-ultramafic intrusion, South Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence of Ti-rich ferropicritic magmatism

scholarly article

Plate tectonic gemstones

scientific article

Plume-stagnant slab-lithosphere interactions: Origin of the late Cenozoic intra-plate basalts on the East Eurasia margin

scientific article

Poloidal‐ and Toroidal‐Mode Mantle Flows Underneath the Cascadia Subduction Zone

scientific article

Potential field evidence for a volcanic rifted margin along the Texas Gulf Coast

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Prolonged magmatism and growth of the Iran-Anatolia Cadomian continental arc segment in Northern Gondwana

scientific article published in March 2021

Reconciling Orogenic Drivers for the Evolution of the Bangong‐Nujiang Tethys During Middle‐Late Jurassic

scientific article published in February 2020

Reinitiation of subduction and magmatic responses in SW Japan during Neogene time

scientific article published in 2005

Repeated magmatic buildup and deep “hot zones” in continental evolution: The Cadomian crust of Iran

scientific article published in February 2020

Reply to comment on “Jurassic igneous rocks of the central Sanandaj–Sirjan zone (Iran) mark a propagating continental rift, not a magmatic arc (Azizi and Stern, Terra Nova, 31(5), 415–423, 2019)”

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Review of Geochronologic and Geochemical Data of the Greater Antilles Volcanic Arc and Implications for the Evolution of Oceanic Arcs

scholarly article

Roll-Back, Extension and Mantle Upwelling Triggered Eocene Potassic Magmatism in NW Iran

scientific article

Sabzevar Ophiolite, NE Iran: Progress from embryonic oceanic lithosphere into magmatic arc constrained by new isotopic and geochemical data

scientific article published in December 2014

Seismic anisotropy of the uppermost mantle beneath the Rio Grande rift: Evidence from Kilbourne Hole peridotite xenoliths, New Mexico

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Seismic evidence for subduction-induced mantle flows underneath Middle America

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Shoshonitic magmas in nascent arcs: New evidence from submarine volcanoes in the northern Marianas

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Significance of a highly refractory source during subduction initiation to form the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc

scholarly article

Significance of the Tambien Group (Tigrai, N. Ethiopia) for Snowball Earth events in the Arabian–Nubian Shield

scholarly article by Nathan R. Miller et al published March 2003 in Precambrian Research

Southern Louisiana salt dome xenoliths: First glimpse of Jurassic (ca. 160 Ma) Gulf of Mexico crust

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Stagnant lid tectonics: Perspectives from silicate planets, dwarf planets, large moons, and large asteroids

scholarly article

Styles of Fe–Ti–V ore deposits in the Neoproterozoic layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions, south Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence for fractional crystallization of V-rich melts

scholarly article

Subduction initiation and back-arc opening north of Neo-Tethys: Evidence from the Late Cretaceous Torbat-e-Heydarieh ophiolite of NE Iran

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Subduction initiation dynamics along a transform fault control trench curvature and ophiolite ages

scientific article

Subduction initiation in nature and models: A review

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Subduction initiation: spontaneous and induced

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Subduction zone infancy: Examples from the Eocene Izu-Bonin-Mariana and Jurassic California arcs

scientific article published in December 1992

Subduction zones

scientific article published in 2002

Supra-subduction zone magmatism of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran: constraints from geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes

scientific article published on 8 August 2014

The Atud gabbro–diorite complex: glimpse of the Cryogenian mixing, assimilation, storage and homogenization zone beneath the Eastern Desert of Egypt

scientific article published on 5 May 2020

The Eastern Khoy metamorphic complex of NW Iran: a Jurassic ophiolite or continuation of the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone?

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

The May 15, 2020 M 6.5 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada, earthquake: eyes in the sky, boots on the ground, and a chance for students to learn

scholarly article

The May 2003 eruption of Anatahan volcano, Mariana Islands: Geochemical evolution of a silicic island-arc volcano

scholarly article by Jennifer A. Wade et al published August 2005 in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

The Neoproterozoic Keraf Suture in Ne Sudan: Sinistral Transpression Along the Eastern Margin of West Gondwana

scientific article published in March 1998

The Nubian Swell

scientific article (publication date: June 2004)

The Paleogene ophiolite conundrum of the Iran–Iraq border region

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

The Saharan Metacraton

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The Zealandia Volcanic Complex: Further evidence of a lower crustal “hot zone” beneath the Mariana Intra‐oceanic Arc, Western Pacific

scholarly article

The evolution of plate tectonics

scientific article published in October 2018

The geology of the southern Mariana fore-arc crust: Implications for the scale of Eocene volcanism in the western Pacific

The robustness of Sr/Y and La/Yb as proxies for crust thickness in modern arcs

scientific article published on 29 March 2019

The source of the subduction component in convergent margin magmas: Trace element and radiogenic isotope evidence from Eocene boninites, Mariana forearc

scientific article published in May 1991

The ‘subduction initiation rule’: a key for linking ophiolites, intra-oceanic forearcs, and subduction initiation

scientific article published on 27 April 2011

To understand subduction initiation, study forearc crust: To understand forearc crust, study ophiolites

scholarly article

U.S. Passive Margins: Are We Missing an Important Opportunity?

Uppermost mantle anisotropy beneath the southern Laurentian margin: Evidence from Knippa peridotite xenoliths, Texas

scholarly article

U–Pb zircon ages of Late Cretaceous Nain–Dehshir ophiolites, central Iran

scientific article published in January 2013

Volcanoes of the Diamante cross-chain: evidence for a mid-crustal felsic magma body beneath the Southern Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc

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Volcanosedimentary Basins in the Arabian-Nubian Shield: Markers of Repeated Exhumation and Denudation in a Neoproterozoic Accretionary Orogen

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Yin and yang of continental crust creation and destruction by plate tectonic processes

scientific article published in January 2010

Zircon U-Pb dating, geochemistry and evolution of the Late Eocene Saveh magmatic complex, central Iran: Partial melts of sub-continental lithospheric mantle and magmatic differentiation

scholarly article published in August 2018

new constraints on Red Sea rifting from correlations of Arabian and Nubian Neoproterozoic outcrops

scientific article published in December 1993

∼750Ma banded iron formation from the Arabian-Nubian Shield—Implications for understanding neoproterozoic tectonics, volcanism, and climate change

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