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Recent publications

Albrkawy, A. I. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2025. Tectono-stratigraphy of the Shushan Basin, Western Desert, Egypt: A window into the evolution of the SE Mediterranean province. Marine and Petroleum Geology (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107387)
Alcantara Fors, R. et al., 2025. Cattle on the rocks: Understanding cattle mobility, diet, and seasonality in the Iberian Peninsula. The Middle Neolithic site of Cova de les Pixarelles (Tavertet, Osona). PLoS ONE 20 e0317723. (10.1371/journal.pone.0317723)
Alves, T. M. et al. 2025. Data sampling strategies for accurate fault analyses: A scale-independent test based on a machine learning approach. Journal of Structural Geology 191 105342. (10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105342)
Antonio, B. et al., 2025. Postprocessing East African rainfall forecasts using a generative machine learning model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 17 (3) e2024MS004796. (10.1029/2024ms004796)
Aubineau, J. et al., 2025. Iron-rich microband formation in marine sediments by hydrothermal iron cycling bacteria at Lucky Strike. Communications Earth & Environment
Barker, S. et al. 2025. Distinct roles for precession, obliquity, and eccentricity in Pleistocene 100-kyr glacial cycles. Science 387 (6737) eadp3491. (10.1126/science.adp3491)
Béguelin, P. et al. 2025. Variations in Hawaiian plume flux controlled by ancient mantle depletion. AGU Advances 6 (2) e2024AV001434. (10.1029/2024av001434)
Bourke, S. A. et al., 2025. Hydrogeology, European colonialism, local communities and First Peoples: Moving beyond business as usual. Hydrogeology Journal
Brits, J. A. N. et al., 2025. Structural context of the Flatreef in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. Mineralium Deposita 60 , pp.261-280. (10.1007/s00126-024-01289-w)
Chen, X. et al., 2025. The spatio-temporal variability of soil microplastic distribution and erosion-induced microplastic export under extreme rainfall event using sediment fingerprinting and. Journal of Hazardous Materials 488 137378. (10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137378)
Clarke, B. M. , McKinley, E. and Ballinger, R. C. 2025. UK public attitudes and perceptions of seafood sustainability: A case study of the Marine Conservation Society’s good fish guide. Sustainability 17 (2) 587. (10.3390/su17020587)
Cook, N. D. et al. 2025. Vertebral elemental composition reveals ontogenetic changes in habitat use in a Northeast Atlantic mesopredator shark. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 319 109255. (10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109255)
Cooper, G. F. et al. 2025. Crustal versus mantle-level aggregation of heterogeneous melts at mid-ocean ridges. Geology (10.1130/g52872.1)
Costa, K. M. et al., 2025. Calculating sedimentation rates of oxic pelagic clays using core top thorium isotopes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 26 (1) e2024GC011717. (10.1029/2024gc011717)
Davies, K. L. et al., 2025. Floral structure, histochemistry and volatile compounds in Bulbophyllum species of the ‘Cirrhopetalum alliance’ (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 207 (1), pp.10-39. (10.1093/botlinnean/boae029)
Fan, J. J. et al., 2025. Mo isotope evidence for the significance of subducted continental crust in formation of post-collisional porphyry Cu deposits. Chemical Geology 680 122683. (10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122683)
Feng, S. et al., 2025. Effect of environmental factors on macrobenthic community structure in Chishui River basin. Sustainability 17 (2) 469. (10.3390/su17020469)
Gao, R. et al., 2025. Zircon U-Pb age and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope geochemistry of I-type granites in the Jiangda-Weixi region, Eastern Tibet: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Tethyan orogen. Journal of Earth Science
Gleeson, M. et al. 2025. Persistent high-pressure magma storage beneath a near-ridge ocean island volcano (Isla Floreana, Galápagos). Journal of Petrology egaf031. (10.1093/petrology/egaf031)
Gnann, S. et al., 2025. The influence of topography on the global terrestrial water cycle. Reviews of Geophysics 63 (1) e2023RG000810. (10.1029/2023rg000810)
Gong, L. et al., 2025. Eocene tearing and fragmentation of Indian lithosphere beneath the Woka rift, southern Tibet. GSA Bulletin 137 (1-2), pp.564-574. (10.1130/B37577.1)
Grieve, S. W. D. et al., 2025. GDBM: A database of global drainage basin morphology. PLoS ONE 20 (4) e0320771. (10.1371/journal.pone.0320771)
Guilbaud, R. et al., 2025. Mackinawite partial oxidation to green rust produces a large, abiotic uranium isotope fractionation. Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1) 96. (10.1038/s43247-025-02088-5)
Hao, L. et al., 2025. Bangong-Nujiang Neo-Tethyan Ocean (Central Tibet): Geodynamics, crustal evolution, metallogeny, and linkages to the “Yanshan Movement”. Earth-Science Reviews 265 105119. (10.1016/j.earscirev.2025.105119)
He, Y. et al., 2025. Experimental observation of moduli dispersion and attenuation at seismic frequencies in saturated tight rock: effect of microstructure and fluid viscosity. Geophysical Journal International 240 , pp.1308–1330. (10.1093/gji/ggae442)
Hu, Y. et al., 2025. Physicochemical characteristics of individual indoor airborne particles in the high lung cancer rate area in Xuanwei, China. Atmosphere 16 (2) 187. (10.3390/atmos16020187)
Israel, C. et al., 2025. Overcoming analytical limitations with 5-line multi-dynamic Nd isotope measurements by thermal ionisation mass spectrometry. Chemical Geology 680 122686. (10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122686)
Julve Lillo, J. et al. 2025. Impact of upper‐plate faulting on megathrust foreshocks: Insights from the 2014 Iquique earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters 52 (3) e2024GL111064. (10.1029/2024GL111064)
Kerr, A. 2025. Petrology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of the dykes from the Zhob Ophiolite, Pakistan. Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences
Khan, M. A. et al., 2025. Major and trace elements geochemistry of Ziarat laterite deposits, Ziarat District, western Pakistan. Implications for source rock materials and ore genesis. Carbonates and Evaporites 40 (1) 24. (10.1007/s13146-025-01063-7)
Larkum, A. et al., 2025. John Raven, FRS, FRSE: a truly great innovator in plant physiology, photosynthesis and much more. Photosynthesis Research 163 (2) 18. (10.1007/s11120-025-01139-4)
Lehrmann, A. A. et al., 2025. Recent benthic foraminifera communities offshore of Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica: implications for interpretations of fossil assemblages. Journal of Micropalaeontology 44 (1), pp.79-105. (10.5194/jm-44-79-2025)
Li, Q. et al., 2025. Light iron isotopes in high-silica granites record fluid evolution in magmatic-hydrothermal systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 391 , pp.277-290. (10.1016/j.gca.2024.12.034)
Linnebjerg, B. et al., 2025. Petrologic and thermodynamic constraints on the petrogenesis of the Fiskenæsset Anorthosite Complex, SW Greenland: An anhydrous model for Archean anorthosites. Journal of Petrology (10.1093/petrology/egaf027)
Liu, X. et al., 2025. Lithium isotope evidence shows Devonian afforestation may have significantly altered the global silicate weathering regime. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 396 , pp.107-121. (10.1016/j.gca.2025.02.036)
Maier, R. P. , Dare, S. A. S. and Smith, W. D. 2025. Petrogenesis of the 1149 Ma Etoile Suite Mafic Intrusion, Quebec: implications for vanadium mineralisation in Proterozoic anorthosite-bearing terranes. Mineralium Deposita 60 , pp.323-349. (10.1007/s00126-024-01298-9)
Maier, W. D. , Mansur, E. and Nykänen, V. 2025. Thematic Issue on Magmatic PGE-(Ni-Cu-Cr-V) deposits: petrology, geochemistry and exploration tools. Mineralium Deposita 60 , pp.233-235. (10.1007/s00126-024-01345-5)
Maier, W. D. et al. 2025. Petrogenesis of Ni-sulfide mineralisation in the ca. 3.0 Ga Maniitsoq intrusive belt, western Greenland. Mineralium Deposita 60 (2-3), pp.479-501. (10.1007/s00126-024-01282-3)
Martin, A. J. et al., 2025. Deep-sea drilling of the 13°30? N oceanic core complex: Assessing links between fluid flow, metal enrichment and seafloor massive sulfide deposit formation near Semenov-1. Lithos: Journal of Petrology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 494-5 107921. (10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107921)
McRuer, J. et al., 2025. Human-ocean relationships: Exploring alignment and collaboration between ocean literacy research and marine conservation. Marine Policy 171 106418. (10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106418)
Metcalfe, D. B. et al., 2025. The Wayqecha Amazon Cloud Curtain Ecosystem Experiment: A new experimental method to manipulate fog water inputs in terrestrial systems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 16 (2), pp.400-413. (10.1111/2041-210X.14483)
Mills, B. J. et al., 2025. Exploring Neoproterozoic climate and biogeochemical evolution in the SCION model. Global and Planetary Change 249 104791. (10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104791)
Mills, K. et al. 2025. Crystallographic and geochemical responses of giant clams on turbid reefs. Scientific Reports 15 (1) 7365. (10.1038/s41598-025-90614-y)
Moore, A. E. et al., 2025. Tectonic triggers for the intrusion of the great dyke (Zimbabwe) and bushveld complex (South Africa). South African Journal of Geology
Newport, B. et al., 2025. Simplifying drone-based aboveground carbon density measurements to support community forestry. PLoS ONE
Odongo, R. A. et al., 2025. Drought impacts and community adaptation: perspectives on the 2020-2023 drought in East Africa. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 119 105309. (10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105309)
Panton, J. et al. 2025. Unique composition and evolutionary histories of large low velocity provinces. Scientific Reports 15 (1) 4466. (10.1038/s41598-025-88931-3)
Qi, R. et al., 2025. Enhanced remediation of oil-contaminated mineral sand by the controlled release of a surfactant from calcium alginate capsules. Environmental Technology (10.1080/09593330.2025.2450558)
Qiao, X. et al., 2025. Magnesium and boron isotope evidence for the generation of arc magma through serpentinite-mélange melting. National Science Review 12 (1) nwae363. (10.1093/nsr/nwae363)
Raynyere de Oliveira Andrade, P. et al., 2025. Spatiotemporal hierarchy of fault systems and associated syn-rift stratigraphic sequences across the Santos Basin, offshore SE Brazil. Marine and Petroleum Geology (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107384)
Rigalleau, V. et al., 2025. 790,000 years of millennial-scale Cape Horn Current variability and interhemispheric linkages.. Nature Communications 16 (1) 3105. (10.1038/s41467-025-58458-2)
Sáez, A. et al., 2025. Westerlies migrations and volcanic records over the past 4000 years from the Azores lacustrine sequences. Exploring correlations and impacts on Western Europe. Global and Planetary Change 246 104698. (10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104698)
Santolík, V. et al., 2025. Unravelling the Neoproterozoic oceanic sedimentary record: Insights from the Mona Complex Ocean Plate Stratigraphy, Wales. Precambrian Research 418 107708. (10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107708)
Shaddick, G. et al. 2025. Data science and AI for sustainable futures: Opportunities and challenges. Sustainability 17 (5) 2019. (10.3390/su17052019)
Shao, Y. et al., 2025. Human health, ecosystem quality, and resource scarcity burdens inflicted by livestock production across Chinese regions. Earth's Future 13 (1) e2024EF005263. (10.1029/2024ef005263)
Sharmin, T. and Chappell, A. 2025. Detecting the changing impact of urbanisation on urban heat islands in a tropical megacity using local climate zones. Energy and Built Environment (10.1016/j.enbenv.2025.02.002)
Shorrock, A. E. et al., 2025. Coeval transverse and axial sediment delivery to the northern Hikurangi Trough during the late quaternary. Basin Research 37 (1) e70019. (10.1111/bre.70019)
Smith, W. D. et al., 2025. Petrogenesis and Ni-Cu-(PGE) prospectivity of the Mount Ayliff Complex in the Karoo Igneous Province: new insights from the Ingeli and Horseshoe lobes. Geological Society Special Publications 552 (1)(10.1144/SP552-2023-35)
Smith, W. D. et al. 2025. Role of chamber replenishment in the formation of the Merensky Reef and its footwall anorthosite. Journal of Petrology (10.1093/petrology/egaf015)
Soares, A. et al., 2025. Hydrogeological and geological partitioning of iron and sulfur cycling bacterial consortia in subsurface coal-based mine waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 101 (5) fiaf039. (10.1093/femsec/fiaf039)
Stanislowski, K. et al., 2025. Weak, frictionally unstable input sediments explain shallow seismogenesis at the north Sumatran subduction zone. Geology 53 (4), pp.360-364. (10.1130/G52910.1)
Starr, A. et al., 2025. Shifting Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Africa over the past 1.9 million years. Science Advances 11 (1) eadp1692. (10.1126/sciadv.adp1692)
Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. Magmatic stratigraphy and platinum group element mineralization at Tweefontein, Northern Bushveld Complex: Evidence of a complex intrusion history of lower, critical, and main zone magmas. Economic Geology 120 (1), pp.1-27. (10.5382/econgeo.5123)
Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. Magmatic stratigraphy of the deep Platreef at Sandsloot, northern Bushveld Complex: carbonate contamination and controls on Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation. Economic Geology
Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. The effects of carbonate contamination on Ni-Cu-PGE deposit genesis in the Platreef, northern Bushveld Complex: A case study using Niggli numbers. Chemical Geology 671 122481. (10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122481)
Thompson, H. E. et al., 2025. A methodology to compile multi-hazard interrelationships in a data-scarce setting: an application to the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 25 (1), pp.353-381. (10.5194/nhess-25-353-2025)
Torne, M. et al., 2025. SedDARE-IB: an open-access repository of sediment data for the Iberian Peninsula and its continental margins. Earth System Science Data 17 (3) 1275. (10.5194/essd-17-1275-2025)
Wang, J. et al., 2025. Indian cratonic mantle beneath northern Qiangtang in eastern Tibet ca. 11 Ma. Geology (10.1130/G52845.1)
Wang, M. , Claghorn, J. and Zhuo, L. 2025. Assessing the efficacy of tributary upstream meander restoration on downstream landscape stability through computational modelling. Landscape and Urban Planning 254 105232. (10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105232)
Wang, M. , Claghorn, J. and Zhuo, L. 2025. Investigating the impacts of tributary meander restoration on main channel flood mitigation through computational modelling. Journal of Environmental Management 375 124127. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124127)
Watson, S. E. et al. 2025. Assessing the risk of internal loading of phosphorus from drinking reservoir sediments. Water 17 (6) 799. (10.3390/w17060799)
Woodhouse, A. 2025. Palaeobiology: Emergence of the Southern Ocean. Current Biology 35 (3), pp.104-107. (10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.035)
Yang, F. et al., 2025. Petrogenesis of Late Miocene high Ba-Sr granitoids in eastern Pamir, northwest Tibetan Plateau: Insights into lithospheric mantle evolution and geodynamic processes during India-Asia bidirectional subduction. Journal of Petrology (10.1093/petrology/egaf026)
Zammit, R. , Petrash, D. and Bialik, O. 2025. Climatic and tectonic controls on ferroan dolomite formation – insights on Early Miocene Mediterranean anoxia (il-Blata, Malta). Journal of the Geological Society (10.1144/jgs2024-146)
Zamrsky, D. et al., 2025. Current trends and biases in groundwater modelling using the community-driven Groundwater Model Portal (GroMoPo). Hydrogeology Journal 33 , pp.355-366. (10.1007/s10040-025-02882-7)
Zarate, E. et al. 2025. How alluvial storage controls spatiotemporal water balance partitioning in intermittent and ephemeral stream systems. Water Resources Research 61 (4) e2024WR037256. (10.1029/2024WR037256)
Zhang, M. et al., 2025. Mantle metasomatism by subducted Indian continental crust: Evidence from post-collisional basaltic ultrapotassic rocks in southern Tibetan plateau. Lithos: Journal of Petrology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 498-9 107966. (10.1016/j.lithos.2025.107966)
Zhang, Q. , Alves, T. M. and Martins‐Ferreira, M. A. C. 2025. Buried pockmarks associated with listric faults of salt minibasins (Espírito Santo, SE Brazil): Evidence for local hydrocarbon escape since the miocene. Basin Research 37 (1) e70015. (10.1111/bre.70015)
Zhang, W. et al., 2025. The role of detachment faulting in the genesis of oceanic felsic melts. Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1) 109. (10.1038/s43247-025-02098-3)
Zhang, Y. et al., 2025. Urban food delivery services as extreme heat adaptation. Nature Cities 2 (2), pp.170-179. (10.1038/s44284-024-00172-z)
Zhu, J. et al., 2025. Radar remote sensing retrieval of vertical profile of rainfall kinetic energy in the U.K. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 63 (10.1109/TGRS.2025.3542493)