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CONTENTS Gold mineralization as a consequence of continental collision: an example from the Southern Alps P.O. Koons and D. Graw Paleopositions of the Saxothuringian (Northern Vosges, Pfalz, Odenwald, Spessart) in Variscan times: paleomagnetic investigation J.-B. Edel and F. Wickert How fast did the ocean—atmosphere system run during the last deglaciation? J.C. Duplessy, E. Bard, M. Arnold, N.J. Shackleton, J. Duprat and L. Labeyrie Chronology of early Archaean granite-greenstone evolution in the Barberton Mountainland, South Africa, based on precise dating by single zircon evaporation A. Kriner, G.R. Byerly and D.R. Lowe Composition of solar wind noble gases released by surface oxidation of a metal separate from the Weston meteorite R.H. Becker and R.O. Pepin Melt extraction from partially molten regions beneath mid-ocean ridges Li Yinting, R.O. Meissner, Fr. Theilen and Xue En Determination of the half-life of “Ca from measurements of Antarctic meteorites J. Klein, D. Fink, R. Middleton, K. Nishiizumi and J. Arnold Heat flow, hydrothermal circulation and basalt intrusions in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California A.T. Fisher and K. Becker Numerical simulations of hydrothermal circulation resulting from basalt intrusions in a buried spreading center A.T. Fisher and T.N. Narasimhan Carbonate deposition and benthic 5'°C in the subarctic Pacific: implications for changes of the oceanic carbonate system during the past 750,000 years R. Zahn, A. Rushdi, N.G. Pisias, B.D. Bornhold, B. Blaise and R. Karlin Assessing seawater/ basalt exchange of strontium isotopes in hydrothermal processes on the flanks of mid-ocean ridges J. Hess, M. Bender and J.-G. Schilling Milankovitch-band cyclicity in bedded halite deposits contemporaneous with Late Ordovician—Early Silurian glaciation, Canning Basin, Western Australia G.E. Williams Diffusion of Ar in rhyolite, orthoclase and albite composition glasses M.R. Carroll Rare earth elements in the Mediterranean Sea and mixing in the Mediterranean outflow M.J. Greaves, M. Rudnicki and H. Elderfield Thermoluminescence dating of the Chelford Interstadial H. Rendell, P. Worsley, F. Green and D. Parks Isotopic study (Sr, Nd, O and C) of lamprophyres and associated dykes from Tamazert (Morocco): crustal contamination processes and source characteristics J. Bernard-Griffiths, S. Fourcade and C. Dupuy Origin of Nauru Basin igneous complex: Sr, Nd and Pb isotope and REE constraints P.R. Castillo, R.W. Carlson and R. Batiza On the dynamics of long-lived plume conduits in the convecting mantle R.W. Griffiths and I.H. Campbell Diffusion of a multi-species component and its role in oxygen and water transport in silicates Y. Zhang, E.M. Stolper and G.J. Wasserburg Diffusion of cosmogenic >He in olivine and quartz: implications for surface exposure dating T.W. Trull, M.D. Kurz and W.J. Jenkins Isotopic evolution of Mauna Loa volcano M.D. Kurz and D.P. Kammer The Largs high-latitude oxygen isotope anomaly (New Zealand) and climatic controls of oxygen isotopes in magma P. Blattner and J.G. Wiliams The nature, distribution and genesis of the coesite and stishovite associated with the pseudotachylite of the Vredefort Dome, South Africa J.E.J. Martini Magnetic susceptibility of loess in China F. Heller, X. Liu, T. Liu and T. Xu On the chalcophile character of molybdenum: determination of sulfide/ silicate partition coefficients of Mo and W K. Lodders and H. Palme Mantle downwelling benath the Australian—Antarctic discordance zone: evidence from geoid height versus topography K.M. Marks, D.T. Sandwell, P.R. Vogt and S.A. Hall 410 The isotopic composition of postshield lavas from Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii A.K. Kennedy, S.-T. Kwon, F.A. Frey and H.B. West The global continent—ocean magnetization contrast J.-L. Counil, Y. Cohen and J. Achache Paleomagnetism in the Tajikistan: continental shortening of European margin in the Pamirs during Indian Eurasian collision J.-P. Pozzi and H. Feinberg Tectonic plate motions derived from LAGEOS R. Biancale, A. Casenave and K. Dominh Geoid and topography associated with sublithospheric convection: negligible contribution from deep currents C. Moriceau, U. Christensen and L. Fleitout Author Index Volume 103