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A 1.78 Ga large igneous province in the North China craton: The Xiong'er Volcanic Province and the North China dyke swarm

A Devonian >2000-km-long dolerite dyke swarm-belt and associated basalts along the Urals-Novozemelian fold-belt: part of an East-European (Baltica) LIP tracing the Tuzo Superswell

A c. 1710 Ma mafic sill emplaced into a quartzite and calcareous series from Ighrem, Anti-Atlas – Morocco: Evidence that the Taghdout passive margin sedimentary group is nearly 1 Ga older than previously thought

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A giant circumferential dyke swarm associated with the High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP)

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A mantle plume origin for the Palaeoproterozoic Circum-Superior Large Igneous Province

A temporal and causal link between ca. 1380 Ma large igneous provinces and black shales: Implications for the Mesoproterozoic time scale and paleoenvironment

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Age and Geochemical Characteristics of Major Mafic Dyke Swarms in the Southern Part of the Siberian Craton

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An 850–820Ma LIP dismembered during breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent and destroyed by Early Paleozoic continental subduction in the northern Tibetan Plateau, NW China

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An Approach to the Reconstruction of Deformed Continental Crust Using Gridded Geophysical Data

An overview of the plumbing systems of large igneous provinces and their significance

An updated map of West African mafic dykes

scientific article published in December 2015

Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis

scientific article published in January 2008

Characterization of a 2700 km long bolide airburst chain, Phoebe Regio, Venus

Comparison of Venusian Coronae with Giant Circumferential Dyke Swarms on Earth

article published in 2016

Contractional effects of mantle plumes on Earth, Mars, and Venus

scholarly article published 2001

Corrigendum to “Lessons from Venus for understanding mantle plumes on Earth”

correction of a scholarly article

Coupled supercontinent–mantle plume events evidenced by oceanic plume record

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Crustal structure and tectonic model of the Arctic region

Crustal-scale auriferous shear zones in the central Superior province, Canada

scholarly article by Alain D. Leclair et al published 1993 in Geology

Decoding Earth’s rhythms: Modulation of supercontinent cycles by longer superocean episodes

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Discussion on ‘From Pan-African transpression to Cadomian transtension at the West African margin: new U–Pb zircon ages from the Eastern Saghro Inlier (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)’ by Errami et al. 2020 (SP503, 209–233)

scientific article

Distribution and U-Pb Ages of Newly Recognized Regional-Scale Dyke Swarms of the Leo Man Craton

scientific article published in 2016

Dyke swarms record the plume stage evolution of the Atla Regio superplume on Venus

Dyke swarms: keys to paleogeographic reconstructions

Early Paleozoic mafic magmatic events on the eastern margin of the Siberian Craton

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Emplacement ages of Paleoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms in eastern Dharwar craton, India: Implications for paleoreconstructions and support for a ∼30° change in dyke trends from south to north

Erratum to “First precise U–Pb baddeleyite ages of 1500 Ma mafic dykes from the São Francisco Craton, Brazil, and tectonic implications” [Lithos 174 (2013) 144–156]

scientific article published in September 2013

Evidence for triple-junction rifting focussed on local magmatic centres along Parga Chasma, Venus

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Evidence from aeromagnetics on the configuration of Matachewan dykes and the tectonic evolution of the Kapuskasing Structural Zone, Ontario, Canada

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Evidence from magnetic fabric for the flow pattern of magma in the Mackenzie giant radiating dyke swarm

scientific article published in Nature

Existence of the DHArwar-BAstar-SInghbhum (DHABASI) megacraton since 3.35 Ga: Constraints from the Precambrian Large Igneous Province record

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First precise U–Pb baddeleyite ages of 1500Ma mafic dykes from the São Francisco Craton, Brazil, and tectonic implications

scientific article published in August 2013

Frontiers in large igneous province research

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Geochemical assessment of the metallogenic potential of Proterozoic LIPs of Canada

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Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Mesoproterozoic Dykes of the Irkutsk Promontory, Southern Part of the Siberian Craton

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Geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology of 1590 and 1550 Ma mafic dyke swarms of western Laurentia: Mantle plume magmatism shared with Australia

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Giant Circumferential Dyke Swarms on Earth: Possible Analogues of Coronae on Venus and Similar Features on Mars

article published in 2016

Giant Radiating Dyke Swarms: Their Use in Identifying Pre-Mesozoic Large Igneous Provinces and Mantle Plumes

Giant radiating dyke swarms on Earth and Venus

Global record of 1600–700Ma Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Implications for the reconstruction of the proposed Nuna (Columbia) and Rodinia supercontinents

Gravity and magnetic modelling of layered mafic–ultramafic intrusions in large igneous province plume centre regions: case studies from the 1.27 Ga Mackenzie, 1.38 Ga Kunene–Kibaran, 0.06 Ga Deccan, and 0.13–0.08 Ga High Arctic events

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Guidelines for Preparing Comprehensive Regional Mafic Dyke Swarm Maps

scientific article published in 2016

Hierarchical clustering of pit crater chains on Venus

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How Large Igneous Provinces affect global climate, sometimes cause mass extinctions, and represent natural markers in the geological record

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How not to build a supercontinent: A reply to J.D.A. Piper

Integrated Paleomagnetism and U-Pb Geochronology of Mafic Dikes of the Eastern Anabar Shield Region, Siberia: Implications for Mesoproterozoic Paleolatitude of Siberia and Comparison with Laurentia.

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Intraplate geodynamics and magmatism in the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

article published in 2014

Intraplate magmatism in Central Asia and China and associated metallogeny

Introduction

Introduction to special issue: Geology of the Lake Baikal region

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Large Igneous Province Record Through Time and Implications for Secular Environmental Changes and Geological Time‐Scale Boundaries

scholarly article

Large Igneous Provinces

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Large Igneous Provinces and supercontinents: Toward completing the plate tectonic revolution

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Large Igneous Provinces, Their Giant Mafic Dyke Swarms, and Links to Metallogeny

scientific article published in 2016

Large igneous province of about 1750 Ma in the Siberian Craton

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Large igneous provinces (LIPs) and carbonatites

Large igneous provinces (LIPs), giant dyke swarms, and mantle plumes: significance for breakup events within Canada and adjacent regions from 2.5 Ga to the Present

scholarly article by Richard E. Ernst & Wouter Bleeker published May 2010 in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Large mafic magmatic events through time and links to mantle-plume heads

Late Paleoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic Mafic Magmatism in the SW Yangtze Block: Mantle Plumes Associated With Nuna Breakup?

Lessons from Venus for understanding mantle plumes on Earth

scholarly article

Mafic magmatism in the Belt-Purcell Basin and Wyoming Province of western Laurentia

Magma flow pattern in the North Mountain basalts of the 200 Ma CAMP event: Evidence from the magnetic fabric

scientific article published in 2003

Map of Mafic Dyke Swarms and Related Units of Russia and Adjacent Regions

scholarly article by Richard E. Ernst et al published October 2016 in Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Mapping the Dyke Swarms Emplaced within the Different Archean Cratons of the Indian Shield Using Google™ Earth Images and ArcGIS™ Techniques

article published in 2016

Mapping the Dyke Swarms of the Eastern Desert, Egypt

scientific article published in 2016

Mapping the Dyke Swarms of the Eglab-Yetti Region, Southwestern Algeria

scientific article published in 2016

Maximum size and distribution in time and space of mantle plumes: evidence from large igneous provinces

scientific article published in September 2002

Mesoproterozoic intraplate magmatic ‘barcode’ record of the Angola portion of the Congo Craton: Newly dated magmatic events at 1505 and 1110Ma and implications for Nuna (Columbia) supercontinent reconstructions

scholarly article by Richard E. Ernst et al published June 2013 in Precambrian Research

Modelling of igneous fractionation and other processes using Pearce diagrams

Morocco, North Africa: a Dyke Swarm Bonanza

article published in 2016

Neoarchaean-Palaeoproterozoic Mafic Dyke Swarms from the Singhbhum Granite Complex, Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India: Implications for Identification of Large Igneous Provinces and Their Possible Continuation on Other Formerly Adjacent Crustal Blocks

scientific article published in 2016

Neoproterozoic rift and within-plate magmatism in the Yenisei Ridge: implications for the breakup of Rodinia

scientific article published in 2008

New U–Pb ages for mafic dykes in the Northwestern region of the Ukrainian shield: coeval tholeiitic and jotunitic magmatism

New U–Pb baddeleyite age, and AMS and paleomagnetic data for dolerites in the Lake Onega region belonging to the 1.98–1.95 Ga regional Pechenga–Onega Large Igneous Province

New advances in using large igneous provinces (LIPs) to reconstruct ancient supercontinents

Onaping fault system: age constraints on deformation of the Kapuskasing structural zone and units underlying the Sudbury Structure

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Oxygen isotopic alteration rate of continental crust recorded by detrital zircon and its implication for deep-time weathering

Palaeomagnetic, geochronological and geochemical study of Mesoproterozoic Lakhna Dykes in the Bastar Craton, India: Implications for the Mesoproterozoic supercontinent

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Palaeoproterozoic porphyry Cu–Au, intrusion-hosted Au and ultramafic Cu–Ni deposits in the Fennoscandian Shield: Temporal constraints using U–Pb geochronology

scientific article published in August 2013

Paleomagnetism and U–Pb age of the 2.4Ga Erayinia mafic dykes in the south-western Yilgarn, Western Australia: Paleogeographic and geodynamic implications

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Paleomagnetism of the Abitibi dyke swarm, southern Superior Province, and implications for the Logan Loop

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Paleomagnetism of the Hearst dike swarm and implications for the tectonic history of the Kapuskasing Structural Zone, northern Ontario

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Paleomagnetism, U–Pb geochronology, and geochemistry of Lac Esprit and other dyke swarms, James Bay area, Quebec, and implications for Paleoproterozoic deformation of the Superior Province

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Petrogenesis of the Katangan mafic rocks, Zambia: Insights from lithogeochemistry, large igneous province classification, and petrological modeling

scientific article published in July 2023

Petrological discrimination among Precambrian dyke swarms: Eastern Kaapvaal craton (South Africa)

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Phanerozoic mafic magmatism in the southern Siberian craton: geodynamic implications

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Pit Chains Belonging to Radiating Graben-Fissure Systems on Venus: Model for Formation during Lateral Dyke Injection

scientific article published in 2016

Precambrian mafic dyke swarms in the Singhbhum craton (eastern India) and their links with dyke swarms of the eastern Dharwar craton (southern India)

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Precambrian mafic dyke swarms in the Singhbhum craton (eastern India) and their links with dyke swarms of the eastern Dharwar craton (southern India) – Reply

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Precise ID-TIMS U–Pb baddeleyite ages (1110–1112Ma) for the Rincón del Tigre–Huanchaca large igneous province (LIP) of the Amazonian Craton: Implications for the Rodinia supercontinent

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Precise U–Pb ages and geochemistry of Palaeoproterozoic mafic dykes from southern West Greenland: Linking the North Atlantic and the Dharwar cratons

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Precise U–Pb baddeleyite ages of mafic dykes and intrusions in southern West Greenland and implications for a possible reconstruction with the Superior craton

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Preface

Proterozoic Dyke Swarms of the Siberian Craton and Their Geodynamic Implications

scientific article published in 2016

Proterozoic basic magmatism of the Siberian Craton: Main stages and their geodynamic interpretation

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Proterozoic mafic magmatism in Siberian craton: An overview and implications for paleocontinental reconstruction

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Radiating Dyke Swarms in the BAT Region on Venus: A Study From the Helen Planitia Quadrangle

scientific article published in 2016

Radiating graben–fissure systems in the Ulfrun Regio area, Venus

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Radiating rifts and dyke swarms of the middle Paleozoic Yakutsk plume of eastern Siberian craton

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Recognizing Mantle Plumes in the Geological Record

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Refining the Stratigraphy of the Taghdout Group by Using the U-Pb Geochronology of the Taghdout Sill (Zenaga inlier, Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

scientific article published in 2016

Reply to Comment on “U–Pb baddeleyite ages and geochemistry of dolerite dykes in the Bas-Drâa inlier of the Anti-Atlas of Morocco: Newly identified 1380Ma event in the West African Craton” by André Michard and Dominique Gasquet

scholarly article by Ulf Söderlund et al published August 2013 in Lithos

Revised definition of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs)

Rift magmatism on the Eurasia basin margin: U–Pb baddeleyite ages of alkaline dyke swarms in North Greenland

scholarly article by Sigurjón B. Thórarinsson et al published 20 August 2015 in Journal of the Geological Society

SHRIMP zircon U–Pb geochronology, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic compositions of a mafic dyke swarm in the Qiangtang terrane, northern Tibet and geodynamic implications

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Semi-automatic extraction and mapping of dyke swarms based on multi-resolution remote sensing images: Applied to the dykes in the Kuluketage region in the northeastern Tarim Block

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Short-lived mantle generated magmatic events and their dyke swarms

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Tectonic activity of the early Earth (4.56–3.4(2.7?) Ga)

scientific article published in 2016

Tesserae on Venus may preserve evidence of fluvial erosion

scientific article published on 13 November 2020

The 1.33–1.30 Ga Yanliao large igneous province in the North China Craton: Implications for reconstruction of the Nuna (Columbia) supercontinent, and specifically with the North Australian Craton

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The 1501 Ma Kuonamka Large Igneous Province of northern Siberia: U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and links with coeval magmatism on other crustal blocks

scholarly article by Richard E. Ernst et al published May 2016 in Russian Geology and Geophysics

The 1750Ma Magmatic Event of the West African Craton (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

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The 920–900 Ma Bahia-Gangila LIP of the São Francisco and Congo cratons and link with Dashigou-Chulan LIP of North China craton: New insights from U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry

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The Abitibi dyke swarm: a consequence of Superior—Grenville interaction?

The Ahmeyim Great Dyke of Mauritania: A newly dated Archaean intrusion

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The Central Scandinavian Dolerite Group—Protracted hotspot activity or back-arc magmatism?

The Early Proterozoic Matachewan Large Igneous Province: Geochemistry, Petrogenesis, and Implications for Earth Evolution

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The High Arctic LIP in Canada: Trace element and Sm–Nd isotopic evidence for the role of mantle heterogeneity and crustal assimilation

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The Hlagothi Complex: The identification of fragments from a Mesoarchaean large igneous province on the Kaapvaal Craton

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The Mesoproterozoic mantle plume beneath the northern part of the Siberian craton

scientific article published in 2016

The Paleoproterozoic Marathon Large Igneous Province: New evidence for a 2.1Ga long-lived mantle plume event along the southern margin of the North American Superior Province

The ca. 1380Ma Mashak igneous event of the Southern Urals

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The first evidence of Paleoproterozoic late-collision basite magmatism in the near-Sayan salient of the Siberian craton basement

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The geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Blue Draw Metagabbro

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The geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Paleoproterozoic du Chef dyke swarm, Québec, Canada

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The northern and southern sections of the western ca. 1880Ma Circum-Superior Large Igneous Province, North America: The Pickle Crow dyke connection?

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The sedimentary record of mantle-plume uplift

The use of mafic dike swarms in identifying and locating mantle plumes

Time‐Series Analysis of Large Igneous Provinces: 3500 Ma to Present

scientific article published in 2004

Towards a complete magmatic barcode for the Zimbabwe craton: Baddeleyite U–Pb dating of regional dolerite dyke swarms and sill complexes

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Trading partners: Tectonic ancestry of southern Africa and western Australia, in Archean supercratons Vaalbara and Zimgarn

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

U-Pb Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Povungnituk Group of the Cape Smith Belt: Part of a Craton-Scale Circa 2.0 Ga Minto-Povungnituk Large Igneous Province, Northern Superior Craton

scholarly article by N. Kastek et al published November 2018 in Lithos

U-Pb baddeleyite ages of key dyke swarms in the Amazonian Craton (Carajás/Rio Maria and Rio Apa areas): Tectonic implications for events at 1880, 1110 Ma, 535 Ma and 200 Ma

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U-Pb baddeleyite dating of the Proterozoic Pará de Minas dyke swarm in the São Francisco craton (Brazil) – implications for tectonic correlation with the Siberian, Congo and North China cratons

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U-Pb geochronology of 1.1 Ga diabase in the southwestern United States: Testing models for the origin of a post-Grenville large igneous province

scientific article published in June 2014

U-Pb geochronology of the plumbing system associated with the Late Cretaceous Strand Fiord Formation, Axel Heiberg Island, Canada: part of the 130-90 Ma High Arctic large igneous province

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U–Pb (ID-TIMS) baddeleyite ages and paleomagnetism of 1.79 and 1.59Ga tholeiitic dyke swarms, and position of the Rio de la Plata Craton within the Columbia supercontinent

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U–Pb ages and geochemistry of mafic dyke swarms from the Uauá Block, São Francisco Craton, Brazil: LIPs remnants relevant for Late Archaean break-up of a supercraton

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U–Pb baddeleyite ages linking major Archean dyke swarms to volcanic-rift forming events in the Kaapvaal craton (South Africa), and a precise age for the Bushveld Complex

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U–Pb baddeleyite ages, distribution and geochemistry of 925Ma mafic dykes and 900Ma sills in the North China craton: Evidence for a Neoproterozoic mantle plume

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When do mantle plumes destroy diamonds?

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Widespread ca. 1.4 Ga intraplate magmatism and tectonics in a growing Amazonia

Zircon U–Pb dating, geochemistry and Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotopes of the Wajilitag alkali mafic dikes, and associated diorite and syenitic rocks: Implications for magmatic evolution of the Tarim large igneous province

article by Si-Yuan Zou et al published January 2015 in Lithos