Our article entitled “Linking Pacific Plate Motions to Metamorphism and Magmatism in Japan During Cretaceous to Paleogene Times” was published in the April 2024 issue of Elements magazine. The article was led by Jonny Wu (Arizona). Co-authors are Tsung-Jui Wu (University of Nevada Reno) and Ken Yamaha (Geological Survey of Japan AIST)….Continue Reading New Elements article on the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, Japan
The University of Arizona media team highlighted our new paper in an article entitled “Geologists rewind the clock to reveal secrets about Earth’s mysterious mantle“. The new paper is entitled “Philippine Sea plate and surrounding magmatism reveal the Antarctic-Zealandia, Pacific, and Indian mantle domain boundaries” and was published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment. The…Continue Reading UA media highlights new paper on Philippine Sea magmatism and mantle domains
Yi-Wei Chen’s manuscript entitled “Lesser Antilles slab reconstruction reveals lateral slab transport under the Caribbean since 50 Ma” was accepted for publication in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL). Co-authors are Jonny Wu (University of Arizona) and Saskia Goes (Imperial College London). Congrats Yi-Wei! The paper presents a slab-based Caribbean plate reconstruction and…Continue Reading Caribbean plate tectonics paper published in EPSL