Buoyance-driven hydrocarbon accumulation depth and its implication for unconventional resource prediction by Xiongqi Pang, Chengzao Jia, Wenyang Wang, Zhangxin Chen, Maowen Li, Fujie Jiang, Tao Hu, Ke Wang, Yingxun Wang

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3D crustal structure of the Ligurian Basin revealed by surface wave tomography using ocean bottom seismometer data by F. N. Wolf, D. Lange, A. Dannowski, M. Thorwart, W. Crawford, L. Wiesenberg, I. Grevemeyer, H. Kopp, H. Kopp

“…We perform ambient noise tomography, also taking into account teleseismic events, using an amphibious network of seismic stations, including 22 broadband ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs), to investigate the lithospheric structure of the Ligurian Basin. The instruments were installed in the Ligurian Basin for 8 months between June 2017 and February 2018 as part of the AlpArray seismic network. …”
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Characteristics of REEs and Trace Elements in Scheelite and Muscovite Ar–Ar Isotopic Dating of the Daping Tungsten Deposit by Lulu Yuan, Cong Zhang, Qinggao Yan, Zhe Xue, Jin Yin, Jiayong Yan, Zhaolin Wang

“…Meanwhile, the new age data reported here confirm that the Daping tungsten deposit represents a Mesozoic magmatic–hydrothermal mineralization event with a setting of lithospheric extension in the Mufushan composite batholith.…”
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Ore Genesis and the Magmatism of the Yuhaixi Mo(Cu) Deposit in Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Constraints from Geology, Geochemistry, Zircon U-Pb and Molybdenite Re-Os Dating by Di Wang, Chunji Xue, Yun Zhao, Chao Li, Binbin Xi, Yang Yang, Qinglei Tian, Xunshan Kang, Xing Wu

“…These geochemical features, coupled with isotopic data such as low initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (≤0.7043), high εNd(t) (2.5 to 3.0) and εHf(t) (≥11.6) values, and young Hf model ages, suggest that their parental magmas possibly originated from the partial melting of the depleted lithospheric mantle that was metasomatized by hydrous melts or fluids from the subducting oceanic plate. …”
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A snapshot of the transition from monogenetic volcanoes to composite volcanoes: case study on the Wulanhada Volcanic Field (northern China) by D. Luo, M. K. Reichow, T. Hou, T. Hou, M. Santosh, M. Santosh, Z. Zhang, M. Wang, J. Qin, D. Yang, R. Pan, X. Wang, F. Holtz, R. Botcharnikov

“…Part of the primary melt interacted with the lithospheric mantle during ascent, resulting in an increase in the MgO contents and a decrease in the alkaline contents. …”
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Characteristics of gravity and magnetic fields and deep structural responses in the southern part of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge by Zhen Lin, Wen-chao Lü, Zi-ying Xu, Peng-bo Qin, Hui-qiang Yao, Xiao Xiao, Xin-he Zhang, Chu-peng Yang, Xiang-yu Zhang, Jia-le Chen

“…Specifically, the depth is 10–12 km to the north of 11°N, 12–14 km from 9.5°N to 11°N, 14–16 km from 8.5°N to 9.5°N, and 16–25 km in the Palau Islands. (3) The KPR is a remnant intra-oceanic arc with the oceanic-crust basement.which shows noticeably discontinuous from north to south in geological structure and is intersected by NEE-trending lithospheric-scale deep faults. With large and deep faults F3 and F1 (the Mindanao fault) as boundaries overall, the southern part of the KPR can be divided into three zones. …”
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Reactive interaction between migmatite-related melt and mafic rocks: clues from the Variscan lower crust of Palmi (southwestern Calabria, Italy) by M. R. Renna

“…</p> <p>On the basis of whole-rock major- and trace-element compositions, the protolith of amphibolite is recognized as of cumulus origin, likely derived from basic melt emplaced in the framework of the late-Variscan lithospheric extension. The rocks experienced high-temperature subsolidus re-equilibration (<span class="inline-formula">∼800</span> <span class="inline-formula">^∘</span>C) in conjunction with the development of amphibole. …”
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Metamorphic stages in mountain belts during a Wilson cycle: A case study in the central Sanandaj–Sirjan zone (Zagros Mountains, Iran) by Farzaneh Shakerardakani, Franz Neubauer, Manfred Bernroider, Fritz Finger, Christoph Hauzenberger, Johann Genser, Michael Waitzinger, Behzad Monfaredi

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Determining the Plio-Quaternary uplift of the southern French Massif Central; a new insight for intraplate orogen dynamics by O. Malcles, P. Vernant, J. Chéry, P. Camps, G. Cazes, G. Cazes, J.-F. Ritz, D. Fink

“…</p> <p>Integrating both geochronology and morphometrical results into lithospheric-scale numerical models allows a better understanding of this intraplate–orogen evolution and dynamic. …”
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Phlogopite in mantle xenoliths and kimberlite from the Grib pipe, Arkhangelsk province, Russia: Evidence for multi-stage mantle metasomatism and origin of phlogopite in kimberlite by A.V. Kargin, L.V. Sazonova, A.A. Nosova, N.M. Lebedeva, Yu.A. Kostitsyn, E.V. Kovalchuk, V.V. Tretyachenko, Ya.S. Tikhomirova

“…We present petrography and mineral chemistry for both phlogopite, from mantle-derived xenoliths (garnet peridotite, eclogite and clinopyroxene–phlogopite rocks) and for megacryst, macrocryst and groundmass flakes from the Grib kimberlite in the Arkhangelsk diamond province of Russia to provide new insights into multi-stage metasomatism in the subcratonic lithospheric mantle (SCLM) and the origin of phlogopite in kimberlite. …”
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The giant tin polymetallic mineralization in southwest China: Integrated geochemical and isotopic constraints and implications for Cretaceous tectonomagmatic event by Yanbin Liu, Lifei Zhang, Xuanxue Mo, M. Santosh, Guochen Dong, Hongying Zhou

“…We correlate the magmatic and metallogenic event with lithospheric thinning and asthenosphere upwelling in continental extension setting in relation to the eastward subduction of the Neo-Tethys beneath the Sanjiang tectonic domain during Late Cretaceous.…”
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Petrogenesis and Tectonic Setting of the Highly Fractionated Junye Granitic Intrusion in the Yiliu Tungsten Polymetallic Deposit, Guangdong Province, South China: Constraints from... by Tao Wu, Zhilong Huang, Mu Yang, Dexian Zhang, Jiawei Zhang, Chen Wei

“…Consequently, we consider that the Junye granites are the products of partial melting of Paleoproterozoic infracrustal medium- to high-K metamorphic basaltic rocks in the Cathaysia Block, which was caused by the underplating of coeval mantle basaltic magmas that provided abundant heat energy for melting in a tectonic setting, with lithospheric extension and thinning during the late Jurassic period.…”
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Deep physical structure and geotectonic implications of the eastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Jun Li, Xuben Wang, Qingyan Qin, Gang Zhang, Dahu Li, Jun Zhou

“…Third is the Longmenshan transitional tectonic zone, whose shallow layer and deep structure are characterized by an electrical structure with a thrust nappe towards the east, and a high-conductivity material extending to the lithospheric mantle, respectively; (iii) the apparent density and electrical structures indicate that the Panxi tectonic zone has a weakened structure in the lower crust; and (iv) physical properties of the QTP’s deep structure indicate that its eastern margin may contain a middle–lower crustal fluid material with the attributes of high conductivity and low density. …”
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Study of Petrography and petrogenesis of Monavvar area Spessartite dykes (East Azerbaijan Province) by Mohsen Moayyed, Mahdy Ghaderi, Zahra gharechahi, Jamshid Ahmadian

“…Transcurrent basins caused low partial melting degrees of the metasomatized lithospheric mantle and produced alkaline basic magma. …”
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Petrogenetic processes, crystallization conditions and nature of the Lower-Oligocene calc-alkaline spessartitic lamprophyres from Kal-e-kafi area (East of Anarak, Isfahan province) by Gholam Hossain Nazari, Ghodrat Torabi

“…The geochemical features and thermobarometry of the Kal-e-kafi spessartite minerals suggest that the primary lamprophyric magma was derived from partial melting of a lithospheric mantle spinel lherzolite. Changes in values of pressure, water content, and Oxygen fugacity during magma ascending lead to oscillatory zoning minerals. …”
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Geology, mineralization, and geochemistry of ore and intrusive rocks in the North of Bahariyeh area, East of Kashmar, NE Iran by Fatemeh Najmi, Azadeh Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, mohammad Hassan Karimpour

“…Major and trace element geochemistry indicate the acidic-intermediate intrusive rocks in the North of Bahariyeh were likely generated by partial melting from the subcontinental lithospheric mantle affected by both slab-derived fluids and lower continental crustal components.The enrichment of LILE (Ba, K, and Cs), depletion of HFSE (Nb, Ti), and the enrichment of LREE relative to HREE indicate crustal contamination and formation of the source magmas in a subduction environment zone by low degrees of partial melting. …”
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Petrology, geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of Bajestan granitoids, North of Ferdows, Khorasan Razvi Province by Reyhaneh Ahmadirouhani, Mohammad Hassan Karimpour, Behnam Rahimi, Azadeh Malekzadeh Shafaroudi, Urs KlÖtzli, Jose Francisco Santos

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Geochemical and Isotopic Characteristics of the Protolith of Eclogites from the North Shahrekord Metamorphic Complex: Evidence of Late Neoproterozoic Back-arc Basin development in... by Forough Malek Mahmoudi, Ali Reza Davoudian Dehkordy, Nahid Shabanian Boroujeni, Hossein Azizi

“…The geochemical data of the NSMC eclogites shows compositional characteristics of E-MORB which is composed of a mix of lithospheric and asthenospheric mantle, and final melt segregation has occurred at depths between 10 to 30 km. …”
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Granitoids of Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone that are concurrent with Cimmerian Orogeny (178-160 Ma) belong to ilmenite series (S-type): investigation of reason for lacking the porphyry tin... by Mohammad Hassan Karimpour, Nargess Shirdashtzadeh, Martiya Sadeghi

“…Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope for granitoids, NW Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran: Implications for Mesozoic-Cenozoic episodic magmatism during Neo-Tethyan lithospheric subduction. Gondwana Research, 62: 227–245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2018.04.002…”
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Short communication: Inverse isochron regression for Re–Os, K–Ca and other chronometers by Y. Li, P. Vermeesch

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