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Sulfide minerals and chalcophile elements in The Pleiades Volcanic Field, Antarctica: implications for the distribution of chalcophile metals in continental intraplate alkaline magma systems
Fractionation of sulfides during ascent of mantle-derived magmas distributes sulfur and chalcophile elements into the Earth’s lithosphere. It has been suggested that continental intraplate alkaline magmas unde...
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The magmatic architecture and evolution of the Chang’e-5 lunar basalts
The lunar basalt samples returned by the Chang’e-5 mission erupted about 2.0 billion years ago during the late period of the Moon’s secular cooling. The conditions of mantle melting in the source region and th...
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Mineralogy and chronology of the young mare volcanism in the Procellarum-KREEP-Terrane
Young lunar mare basalts are recent volcanic products distributed mainly in the Procellarum-KREEP-Terrane. However, these young basalts were never investigated in situ until 2013 by Chang’e-3, and then sampled...
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A novel method for simultaneous analysis of particle size and mineralogy for Chang’E-5 lunar soil with minimum sample consumption
The successful return of lunar soil samples from the northern Oceanus Procellarum by the Chang’E 5 (CE-5) mission has provided unprecedented ground-truth information for the previously unexplored region of the...
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Advances in Isotope Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry: A Preface
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Open AccessAccurate Determination of Zr Isotopic Ratio in Zircons by Femtosecond Laser Ablation MC-ICP-MS with “Wet” Plasma Technique
This work evaluates the use of femtosecond laser ablation multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (fs-LA-MC-ICP-MS) for Zr isotopic analysis in zircons. The mass fractionation caused by...
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The distribution, characteristics and fluid sources of lode gold deposits: An overview
Lode gold deposits are among the most economically important types of gold deposits in the world. Globally, they formed mainly in three time intervals, 2.8 to 2.5 Ga, 2.1 to 1.8 Ga, and 700 Ma to the present. ...
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Earth’s volatile-element jigsaw
Earth’s formation by the accretion of volatile-rich carbonaceous chondrite-like materials, without a need for exotic building blocks or secondary volatile loss, is supported by recognition of a plateau pattern...
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Multiple isotope composition (S, Pb, H, O, He, and Ar) and genetic implications for gold deposits in the Jiapigou gold belt, Northeast China
The Jiapigou gold belt (>150 t Au), one of the most important gold-producing districts in China, is located at the northeastern margin of the North China Craton. It is composed of 17 gold deposits with an aver...
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Ratios of S, Se and Te in the silicate Earth require a volatile-rich late veneer
Newly determined ratios and abundances of sulphur, selenium and tellurium in mantle peridotites are consistent with the view that a ‘late veneer’ of slightly volatile-depleted, carbonaceous-chondrite-like mate...
