Also see Plate Tectonics, Earth Dynamics, and Earth's Interior Biblio.
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Alard, Non-chondritic distribution of the highly siderophile elements in mantle sulphides, Nature, 407, 891, 2000.
Albarede, Hf-Nd isotope evidence for a transient dynamic regime in the early terrestrial mantle, Nature, 404, 488, 2000.
Amelin, Lead isotopic ages of chondrules and calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions, Science, 297, 1678, 2002.
Ballentine, Geochemistry: Tiny tracers tell tall tales, Science, 296, 1247, 2002.
Beard, e.a., Iron isotope biosignatures, Science, 285, 1889-, 1999.
Bethke, Paradox of groundwater age, Geology, 30, 107, 2002.
Bina, Mantle cookbook calibration, Nature, 411, 536, 2001.
Bizzarro, Early history of Earth's crust-mantle system inferred from hafnium isotopes in chondrites, Nature, 421, 931, 2003.
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Blowes, Environmental chemistry: tracking hexavalent Cr in groundwater, Science, 295, 2024, 2002.
Bowen, and Wilkinson, Spatial distribution of è18O in meteoric precipitation, Geology, 30, 315, 2002.
Breemen, v., Nitrogen cycle: Natural organic tendency, Nature, 415, 381, 2002.
Caro, 146Sm-142Nd evidence from Isua metamorphosed sediments for early differentiation of the Earth's mantle, Nature, 423, 428, 2003.
Casey, Geochemistry: The fate of chlorine in soils, Science, 295, 985, 2002.
Crowley, Laramide exhumation of the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming: An apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology study, Geology, 30, 27, 2002.
Dauphas, N., and B. Marty, Heavy nitrogen in carbonatites of the Kola Peninsula: A possible signature of the deep mantle, Science, 286, 2488-, 1999.
De La Rocha, C.L., and D.J. DePaolo, Isotopic evidence for variations in the marine calcium cycle over the Cenozoic, Science, 289, 1176-, 2000.
Dickson, Fossil echinoderms as monitor of the Mg/Ca ratio of Phanerozoic oceans, Science, 298, 1222, 2002.
Drake, Determining the composition of the Earth, Nature, 416, 39, 2002.
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Ellis, Chrominum istopes and the fate of hexavalent chrominum in the environment, Science, 295, 2060, 2002.
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Fischer, Subduction and recycling of nitrogen along the Central American margin, Science, 297, 1154, 2002.
Frimmel, Geology: Genesis of the world's largest gold deposits, Science, 297, 1815, 2002.
Furrer, The origin of aluminum flocs in polluted streams, Science, 297, 2245, 2002.
Gasperini, Evidence from Sardinian basalt geochemistry for recycling of plume heads into the Earth's mantle, Nature, 408, 701, 2000.
Gilmour, Geochemistry: The solar system's first clocks, Science, 297, 1658, 2002.
Grasby, Surface-water-groundwater interaction and the influence of ion exchange reactions on river chemistry, Geology, 27, 223, 1999.
Guidry, M.W., and F.T. Mackenzie, Apatite weathering and the Phanerozoic phosphorous cycle, Geology, 28, 631-, 2000.
Halliday, Cosmochemistry: Inside the cosmic blender, Nature, 425, 137, 2003.
Hanan, Geochemistry: Mantle recycled in Sardinia [re: mantle reservoirs], Nature, 408, 657, 2000.
Harris, New evidence of magmatic-fluid-related phyllic alteration: Implications for the genesis of porphyry Cu deposits, Geology, 30, 335, 2002.
Heinz, Iron-silicon alloy in Earth's core?, Science, 295, 313, 2002.
Hewawasam, Increase of human over natural erosion rates in tropical highland constrained by copsmogenic nuclides, Geology, 31, 597, 2003.
Hofmann, Earth science: Just add water [re: mantle chemistry], Nature, 425, 24, 2003.
Holloway, Contribution of bedrock nitrogen to high nitrate concentrations in stream water, Nature, 395, 785, 1998.
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Ingram, Geochemical tracers of sediment sources to San Francisco Bay, Geology, 30, 575, 2002.
Jacobsen, Geochemistry: Lost terrains of early Earth, Nature, 421, 901, 2003.
Jyotiranjan, U-Pb zircon dating and Sr isotope systematics of the Vindhyan Supergroup, India, Geology, 30, 131, 2002.
Kaneoka, I., Geochemistry: Earth's history trapped in the mantle, Science, 288, 988-, 2000.
Kelts, Reassessment of Lake Victoria-Upper Nile River paleohydrology from oxygen isotope records of lake-sediment cellulose, Geology, 30, 559, 2002.
Kemp, A., Probing the memory of mud, Nature, 406, 951-953, 2000.
Keppler, Carbon solubility in olivine and the mode of carbon storage in the Earth's mantle, Nature, 424, 414, 2003.
Kerschhofer, et al., [re: lower mantle mineral inclusions in kimberlite diamonds], Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 179, 219-, 2000.
Kirk, A major Archean, gold- and crust-forming event in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa, Science, 297, 1856, 2002.
Kleine, Rapid accretion and early core formation on asteroids and the terrestrial planets from Hf-W chronometry, Nature, 418, 952, 2002.
Kolb, Atmospheric chemistry: Iodine's air of importance, Nature, 417, 597, 2002.
Labrenz, Formation of sphalerite (ZnS) deposits in natural biofilms of sulfate-reducing bacteria, Science, 290, 1744, 2000.
Lollar, Abiogenic formation of alkanes in the Earth's crust as a minor source for global hydrocarbon reservoirs, Nature, 416, 522, 2002.
Lowenstein, Secular variation in seawater chemistry and the origin of calcium chloride basinal brines, Geology, 31, 857, 2003.
Maier, Pt-Pd reefs in magnetites of the Stella layered intrusion, South Africa: A world of new exploration opportunitites for platinum group elements, Geology, 31, 885, 2003.
Mandernack, e.a., Oxygen and iron isotope studies of magnetite produced by magnetotactic bacteria, Science, 285, 1892-, 1999.
Martin, Secular changes in tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite composition as markers of the progressive cooling of Earth, Geology, 30, 319, 2002.
Marty, Geochemical evidence for efficient aquifer isolation over geological timeframes, Nature, 425, 55, 2003.
Meibom, Evidence for an ancient osmium isotopic reservior in Earth, Science, 296, 516, 2002.
Meibom, Re-Os isotopic evidence for long-lived heterogeneity and equilibration processes in the Earth's upper mantle, Nature, 419, 705, 2002.
Michael, Lava without fizz [re: measurement of volatile content in lava], Nature, 419, 445, 2002.
Morrill, Elevation or alteration? Evaluation of isotopic constraints on paleoaltitudes surrounding the Eocne Green River Basin, Geology, 30, 151, 2002.
Morris, 10Be imaging of sediment accretion and subduction along the northeast Japan and Cosa Rica convergent margins, Geology, 30, 59, 2002.
Mungall, Roasting the mantle: Slab melting and the genesis of major Au and Au-rich Cu deposits, Geology, 30, 915, 2002.
Murphy, Do supercontinents introvert or extrovert?: Sm-Nd isotope evidence, Geology, 31, 873, 2003.
Myneni, Formation of stable chlorinated hydrocarbons in weathering plant material, Science, 295, 1039, 2002.
Pearce, Leat, Barker, and Millar, Geochemical tracing of Pacific-to-Atlantic upper-mantle flow through the Drake passage, Nature, 410, 457, 2001.
Perakis, Nitrogen loss from unpolluted South American forests mainly via dissolved organic compounds, Nature, 415, 416, 2002.
Perg, Use of cosmogenic radionuclides as a sediment tracer in the Santa Cruz littoral cell, California, United States, Geology, 31, 299, 2003.
Peterson, Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams [re: nitrogen and eutrophication of lakes and streams], Science, 292, 86, 2001.
Petford, Granite magma formation, transport and emplacement in the Earth's crust, Nature, 408, 669, 2000.
Rademacher, Temporal changes in stable isotope composition of spring waters: Implications for recent changes in climate and atmospheric circulation, Geology, 30, 139, 2002.
Rehkamper, Geochemistry: Tracing the Earth's evolution, Nature, 407, 848, 2000.
Rhodes, Strontium isotope record of paleohydrology and continental weathering, Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming, Geology, 30, 167, 2002.
Rudnick, Rutile-bearing refractory eclogites: Missing link between continents and depleted mantle, Science, 287, 278-, 2000.
Saal, Hauri, Langmuir, and Perfit, Vapour understuration in primitive mid-ocean-ridge basalt and the volatile content of Earth's upper mantle, Nature, 419, 451, 2002.
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Schieber, J., et al., Diagenetic origin of quartz silt in mudstones and implications for silica cycling, Nature, 406, 981-, 2000.
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Shirey, Diamond genesis, seismic structure, and evolution of the Kaapvaal-Zimbabwe craton, Science, 297, 1683, 2002.
Stixrude, First-principles study of illite-smectite and implications for clay mineral systems, Nature, 420, 165, 2002.
Sun, enhanced mantle-to-crust rhenium transfer in undegassed arc magmas, Nature, 422, 294, 2003.
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Vasconcelos, C., and J.A., McKenzie, Biogeochemistry: Sulfate reducers - dominant players in a low-oxygen world?, Science, 290, 1711, 2000.
Yin, A short timescale for terrestrial planet formation from Hf-W chronometry of meteorites, Nature, 418, 949, 2002.
Yogodzinski, Geochemical evidence for the melting of subducting oceanic lithosphere at plate edges, Nature, 409, 500, 2001.
Zou, Constraints on melt movement beneath the East Pacific Rise from 230Th-238U disequilibrium, Science, 295, 107, 2002.