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Earth and Planetary Science Letters 146 (1997) 709-711 Contents Volume 146 146 (1/2) Express Letter Section A Late Miocene-—Pliocene origin for the Central Himalayan inverted metamorphism T.M. Harrison, F.J. Ryerson, P. Le Fort, A. Yin, O.M. Lovera and E.J. Catlos Wadsleyite II: A new high pressure hydrous phase in the peridotite-H,O system J.R. Smyth and T. Kawamoto Regular Letters Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts H.F. Ling, K.W. Burton, R.K. O’Nions, B.S. Kamber, F. von Blanckenburg, A.J. Gibb and J.R. Hein Evidence for changes in the North Atlantic Deep Water linked to meltwater surges during the Heinrich events L. Vidal, L. Labeyrie, E. Cortijo, M. Arnold, J.C. Duplessy, E. Michel, S. Becqué and T.C.E. van Weering Changes in sea surface hydrology associated with Heinrich event 4 in the North Atlantic Ocean between 40° and 60°N E. Cortijo, L. Labeyrie, L. Vidal, M. Vautravers, M. Chapman, J.-C. Duplessy, M. Elliot, M. Arnold, J.-L. Turon and G. Auffret . Oxygen isotope composition of living Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sin.) in the Arctic Ocean D. Bauch, J. Carstens and G. Wefer Deep sea and lake records of the Southeast Asian paleomonsoons for the last 25 thousand years C.-Y. Huang, P.-M. Liew, M. Zhao, T.-C. Chang, Chao-Ming Kuo, M.-T. Chen, C.-H. Wang and L.-F. Zheng A record of the Blake Event during the last interglacial paleosol in the western Loess Plateau of China X.-M. Fang, J.-J. Li, R. Van der Voo, C. Mac Niocaill, X.-R. Dai, R.A. Kemp, E. Derbyshire, J.-X. Cao, J.-M. Wang and G. The expansion of C, grasses and global change in the late Miocene: Stable isotope evidence from the Americas C. Latorre, J. Quade and W.C. McIntosh Application of Bingham statistics to a paleopole data set: Towards a better definition of APWP trends? D.P. Cederquist, C. Mac Niocaill and R. Van der Voo Middle Triassic magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphy from the Dolomites and Greece G. Muttoni, D.V. Kent, P. Brack, A. Nicora and M. Balini Fluid density distribution in a high temperature, stratified thermohaline system: implications for saline hydrothermal circulation A.E. Williams An unequivocal case for high Nusselt number hydrothermal convection in sediment-buried igneous oceanic crust E.E. Davis, K. Wang, J. He, D.S. Chapman, H. Villinger and A. Rosenberger Influence of basement topography on hydrothermal circulation in sediment-buried igneous oceanic crust K. Wang, J. He and E.E. Davis Implications of geochemical and gravity data for the nature of strata beneath the Blue Ridge—Piedmont thrust sheet, USA A. Schedl, P.D. Fullagar and J.W. Valley Thermomechanical evolution of the South Alpine rifted margin (North Italy): constraints on the strength of passive continental margins G. Bertotti, M. ter Voorde, S. Cloetingh and V. Picotti Temperature anomalies under the Northeast Atlantic rifted volcanic margins P.D. Clift The generation of a compositional lithosphere by mid-ocean ridge melting and its effect on subsequent off-axis hotspot upwelling and melting J. Phipps Morgan 710 Contents Volume 146 Synchronous reorientation of the Woodlark Basin Spreading Center A.M. Goodliffe, B. Taylor, F. Martinez, R. Hey, K. Maeda and K. Ohno Basaltic liquids and harzburgitic residues in the Garrett Transform: a case study at fast-spreading ridges Y. Niu and R. Hékinian Mantle plume-ridge interactions in the Central North Atlantic: A Nd isotope study of Mid-Atlantic Ridge basalts from 30°N to 50°N D. Yu, D. Fontignie and J.-G. Schilling Regional-scale melt—rock interaction in lherzolitic mantle in the Romanche Fracture Zone (Atlantic Ocean) M. Seyler and E. Bonatti Dynamic melting in plume heads: the formation of Gorgona komatiites and basalts N.T. Arndt, A.C. Kerr and J. Tarney The B isotopic composition of arc lavas from Martinique, Lesser Antilles H.J. Smith, W.P. Leeman, J. Davidson and A.J. Spivack The cosmochemical behavior of beryllium and boron D.S. Lauretta and K. Lodders Use of surface-controlled REE sectoral zoning in apatite from Llallagua, Bolivia, to determine a single-crystal Sm—Nd age J. Rakovan, D.K. McDaniel and R.J. Reeder Origin of magnetite in oxidized CV chondrites: in situ measurement of oxygen isotope compositions of Allende magnetite and olivine B.-G. Choi, K.D. McKeegan, L.A. Leshin and J.T. Wasson Morokweng impact structure, Northwest Province, South Africa: geophysical imaging and shock petrographic studies B. Corner, W.U. Reimold, D. Brandt and C. Koeber! Erratum Erratum to *‘Comparisons between the rift systems of East Africa, Earth and Beta Regio, Venus’’ [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 143 (1996) 183-195] A. Foster and F. Nimmo 146 (3/4) Layered mantle convection: A model for geoid and topography L. Wen and D.L. Anderson The interaction of plumes with the transition zone under continents and oceans T. Nakakuki, D.A. Yuen and S. Honda Ultrafast upwelling bursting through the upper mantle T.B. Larsen and D.A. Yuen Fractal features in mixing of non-Newtonian and Newtonian mantle convection A. Ten, D.A. Yuen, Yu. Yu. Podladchikov, T.B. Larsen, E. Pachepsky and A.V. Malevsky Lower crustal erosion induced by mantle diapiric upwelling: Constraints from sedimentary basin formation followed by voluminous basalt volcanism in northwest Kyushu, Japan M. Nakada, T. Yanagi and S. Maeda A seismic study of lithospheric flexure in the vicinity of Tenerife, Canary Islands A.B. Watts, C. Peirce, J. Collier, R. Dalwood, J.P. Canales and T.J. Henstock Evidence of transpression along the Clipperton Transform: Implications for processes of plate boundary reorganization R.A. Pockalny Cocos—Nazca slab window beneath Central America S.T. Johnston and D.J. Thorkelson Geochemistry of gabbro sills in the crust—mantle transition zone of the Oman ophiolite: implications for the origin of the oceanic lower crust rr oi. i, ns oe cane ba 68 AO Owe OO OOO ROS OOM SO Rew ORE OEE DD Primitive basaltic melts included in podiform chromites from the Oman Ophiolite P. Schiano, R. Clocchiatti, J.-P. Lorand, D. Massare, E. Deloule and M. Chaussidon Partitioning of nickel, cobalt and manganese between silicate perovskite and periclase: a test of crystal field theory at high pressure V. Malavergne, F. Guyot, Y. Wang and I. Martinez Phase relations of natural phlogopite with and without enstatite up to 8 GPa: implication for mantle metasomatism K. Sato, T. Katsura and E. Ito Contents Volume 146 Fluid-flux and reaction rate from advective—diffusive carbonation of mafic sill margins in the Dalradian, southwest Scottish Highlands A.D.L. Skelton, M.J. Bickle and C.M. Graham Metal-silicate equilibrium in a homogeneously accreting earth: new results for Re K. Righter and M.J. Drake Vesiculation processes in a water-rich calc-alkaline obsidian R.J. Stevenson, N.S. Bagdassarov and C. Romano Patagonian origin of glacial dust deposited in East Antarctica (Vostok and Dome C) during glacial stages 2, 4 and 6 I. Basile, F.E. Grousset, M. Revel, J.R. Petit, P.E. Biscaye and N.I. Barkov Modern and last glacial maximum sea surface 6'*O derived from an Atmospheric General Circulation Model A. Juillet-Leclerc, J. Jouzel, L. Labeyrie and S. Joussaume Sm—Nd signature of modern and late Quaternary sediments from the northwest North Atlantic: Implications for deep current changes since the Last Glacial Maximum C. Innocent, N. Fagel, R.K. Stevenson and C. Hillaire-Marcel The erosion of the Alps: Nd isotopic and geochemical constraints on the sources of the peri-Alpine molasse sediments P. Henry, E. Deloule and A. Michard “ar/ Ar dating of the Skaergaard intrusion M.M. Hirschmann, P.R. Renne and A.R. McBirney A U-Pb age from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) and its use for time scale calibration through error analysis of biochronologic dating J. Palfy, R.R. Parrish and P.L. Smith Late Pliocene continental magnetochronology in the Guadix—Baza Basin (Betic Ranges, Spain) ee oe SU DOs 656.0 ck ee bad eNO ORS ES ARRAS ee eee ee ee wee ed New paleomagnetic Mesozoic data from the Algarve (Portugal): fast rotation of Iberia between the Hauterivian and the Aptian M.G. Moreau, J.Y. Berthou and J.-A. Malod Author Index Volume 146