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Platinum-bearing chromite layers are caused by pressure reduction during magma ascent

Some basaltic melts become first superheated upon their ascent towards the Earth’s surface and then saturated in chromite alone after cooling in shallow chambers. Here the authors show that large volumes of these chromite-only-saturated melts are responsible for monomineralic layers of massive chromitites in layered intrusions.

Rais Latypov
Gelu Costin
Tony Naldrett
ResearchOpen Access31 Jan 2018
Nature Communications

Volume: 9, P: 1-7
Open- versus closed-system magmatism on Mars revealed by shergottites

Shergottite diversity on Mars reflects preserved mantle heterogeneities and dynamic melt-lithosphere interaction processes, emphasizing the significance of an enriched crustal reservoir, according to analysis of Rare Earth Element dataset for shergottite olivine and melt inclusions.

Chad J. Peel
Geoffrey H. Howarth
Stephen Foley
ResearchOpen Access28 Nov 2025
Communications Earth & Environment

Volume: 6, P: 1-11
Nb/Ta systematics in arc magma differentiation and the role of arclogites in continent formation

It is unclear why the crust among many arcs is so silica rich when there is a missing mafic component. Here the authors compile a global evaluation of Nb/Ta and examine xenoliths from Arizona to derive a model of why Nb/Ta fractionation is favored in the crust.

Ming Tang
Cin-Ty A. Lee
Hehe Jiang
ResearchOpen Access16 Jan 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-8
Exfoliation of a non-van der Waals material from iron ore hematite

A new non-van der Waals 2D material hematene, exfoliated from natural iron ore hematite, shows ferromagnetic ordering and enhanced photocatalytic activity.

Aravind Puthirath Balan
Sruthi Radhakrishnan
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Research07 May 2018
Nature Nanotechnology

Volume: 13, P: 602-609
A 5-km-thick reservoir with > 380,000 km³ of magma within the ancient Earth's crust

Rais Latypov
Sofya Chistyakova
Mauritz van der Merwe
ResearchOpen Access19 Sept 2022
Scientific Reports

Volume: 12, P: 1-12
Monomineralic anorthosites in layered intrusions are indicators of the magma chamber replenishment by plagioclase-only-saturated melts

Rais Latypov
Sofya Chistyakova
Willem Kruger
ResearchOpen Access02 Mar 2020
Scientific Reports

Volume: 10, P: 1-14

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Platinum-bearing chromite layers are caused by pressure reduction during magma ascent

Open- versus closed-system magmatism on Mars revealed by shergottites

Nb/Ta systematics in arc magma differentiation and the role of arclogites in continent formation

Exfoliation of a non-van der Waals material from iron ore hematite

A 5-km-thick reservoir with > 380,000 km3 of magma within the ancient Earth's crust

Monomineralic anorthosites in layered intrusions are indicators of the magma chamber replenishment by plagioclase-only-saturated melts

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A 5-km-thick reservoir with > 380,000 km³ of magma within the ancient Earth's crust