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Current News

1998 – 2003

Ingle S., Weis D., Doucet S., Mattielli N. Hf Isotope Constraints on Mantle Sources and Shallow-Level Contaminants During Kerguelen Hotspot Activity Since ~120 Ma, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4 (8), 1068, doi: 10.1029/2002GC000482, Published 8 August 2003.

 

Frey F.A., Coffin M.F., Wallace P. and Weis D. Leg 183 Synthesis: Kerguelen Plateau-Broken Ridge – a large igneous province, ODP Publications: Ms 183SR-015 (Synthesis) released to the public, 19 March 2003. http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/183_SR/synth/synth.htm

 

Blichert-Toft J., Weis D., Maerschalk C., Agranier A. and Albarède F. Hawaiian hot spot dynamics as inferred from the Hf and Pb isotope evolution of Mauna Kea volcano, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4 (2), 8704, doi: 10.1029/2002GC000340, 2003.

 

Weis D., Frey F.A., Schlich R., Schaming M., Montigny R., Damasceno D., Mattielli N., Nicolaysen K.E. and Scoates J.S. Trace of the Kerguelen Mantle Plume: Evidence from seamounts between the Kerguelen Archipelago and Heard Island, Indian Ocean, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 3 (6), doi: 10.1029/2001GC000251, 2002.

 

Dejonghe L., Darras B., Hughes G., Muchez P., Scoates J.S. and Weis D. Metallogeny, fluid inclusion microthermometry and Pb, Sr, Nd isotopes of polymetallic, fluorite and barite vein-type deposits of central Argentinian Patagonia, Mineralium Deposita, 37, 158-172, 2002.

 

Wise S.W., Coxall H.K., Wähnert V., Antretter M.J., Inokuchi H., Coffin M.F., Frey F.A., Wallace P., McArthur J.M., Weis D., Zhao X., Teagle D.A.H., Saccocia P.J., Reusch D.N., Pringle M.S., Nicolaysen K.E., Neal C.R., Müller D.R., Moore C.L., Mahoney J.J., Keszthelyi L., Inokuchi H., Duncan R.A., Delius H., Damuth J.E., Damasceno D., Borre M.K., Boehm F., Barling J., Arndt N.T. The Kerguelen Plateau: new paleontologic and paleomagentic age constraints on growth history from ODP Leg 183 drilling, Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin, “Antarctica at the close of a millennium”, 35, 239-247, 2002.

 

Wallace P., Frey F.A., Weis D. and Coffin M.F. Origin and evolution of the Kerguelen Plateau, Broken Ridge and Kerguelen Archipelago: editorial, Jour. Petrol., 43, 1105-1108, 2002.

 

Ingle S., Weis D., Scoates J. and Frey F. Relationship between the Kerguelen plume and continental flood basalts of the paleo-Eastern Gondwana margins, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 197, 35-50, 2002.

 

Damasceno D., Scoates J.S., Weis D., Frey F.A. and Giret A. Mineral chemistry of mildly alkalic basalts from the 25 Ma Mont Crozier section, Kerguelen Archipelago, Southeast Indian Ocean and constraints on phenocryst crystallization environments, Jour. Petrol., 43, 1389-1413, 2002.

 

Doucet S., Weis D., Scoates J.S., Nicolaysen K.N., Frey F.A. and Giret A. Petrogenesis of High- and Low-MgO Transitional Basalts from the Loranchet Peninsula (Mont des Ruches, Mont Fontaine), Kerguelen Archipelago, Jour. Petrol., 43, 1341-1366, 2002.

 

Frey F.A., Nicolaysen K., Kubit B.K., Weis D. and Giret A. Flood basalts from Mont Tourmente in the Central Kerguelen Archipelago: the change from tholeiitic/transitional to alkalic basalts at ~25 Ma, Jour. Petrol., 43, 1367-1387, 2002.

 

Frey F.A., Weis D., Borisova A.Y. and Xu G. Involvement of continental crust in the formation of the Cretaceous Kerguelen Plateau: new perspectives from ODP Leg 120 sites, Jour. Petrol., 43, 1207-1239, 2002.

 

Ingle S., Weis D., and Frey F. Indian crust sampled as pebbles within Elan Bank, Kerguelen Plateau (ODP Leg 183, Site 1137), Jour. Petrol., 43, 1241-1257, 2002.

 

Kieffer B., Arndt N.T. and Weis D. Petrology and geochemistry of a bimodal alkalic shield volcano, Site 1139, Kerguelen Plateau, Jour. Petrol., 43, 1259-1286, 2002.

 

* Mattielli N., Weis D., Blichert-Toft J. and Albarède F. Hf isotope evidence for a Miocene change in the Kerguelen mantle plume composition, Jour. Petrol., 43, 1327-1339, 2002.

 

Weis D. and Frey F.A. Submarine Basalts of the Northern Kerguelen Plateau: Interaction Between the Kerguelen Plume and the Southeast Indian Ridge Revealed at ODP Site 1140, Jour. Petrol., 43, 1287-1309, 2002.

 

Borisova A.Y., Nikogosian I.K., Scoates J.S., Weis D., Damasceno D., Shimizu N. and Touret J.L. (2002) Melt, fluid and crystal inclusions in olivine phenocrysts from Kerguelen plume-derived picritic basalts: evidence for interaction with the Kerguelen Plateau lithosphere, Chem. Geol., 183, 195-220, 2002

 

Tolstikhin I.N., Kamensky I.L., Marty B., Nivin V.A., Vetrin V.R., Balaganskaya E.G., Ikorsky S.V., Gannibal M.A., Weis D., Verhulst A., and Demaiffe D. Rare gas isotopes and parent trace elements in ultrabasic – alkaline – carbonatite complexes, Kola peninsula: identification of lower mantle plume component, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 66, 881-901, 2002.

 

Nicolaysen K., Bowring S., Frey F.A., Weis D., Ingle S., Pringle M. and Coffin M. Provenance of Proterozoic garnet-biotite gneiss recovered from Elan Bank, Kerguelen Plateau, southern Indian Ocean, Geology, 29, 3, 235-238, 2001.

 

Weis D., Ingle S., Damasceno D., Frey F.A., Nicolaysen K., Barling J., and Leg 183 Shipboard Scientific Party. Origin of continental components in Indian Ocean basalts: evidence from Elan Bank (Kerguelen Plateau, ODP Leg 183, Site 1137), Geology, 29, 2, 147-150, 2001.

 

Weis D. The leaky pipeline. In Colosimo A., Degen B. and Dewandre N. (eds.) Women and Science: Making change happen. European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, 65-77, 2001.

 

DePaolo D.J. and Weis D., Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue in honor of Gerald J. Wasserburg, Chem. Geol., 169, 1-3, 2000.

 

Verheyden S., Keppens E., Fairchild I., Mc Dermott F. and Weis D., Sr isotope geochemistry of a Belgian Holocene speleothem: implications for paleoclimate reconstructions, Chem. Geol., 169, 131-144, 2000.

 

Frey F.A., Coffin M.F., Wallace P.J., Weis D., Zhao X., Wise S.W., Jr., Wähnert V., Teagle D.A.H., Saccocia P.J., Reusch D.N., Pringle M.S., Nicolaysen K.E., Neal C.R., Müller D.R., Moore C.L., Mahoney J.J., Keszthelyi L., Inokuchi H., Duncan R.A., Delius H., Damuth J.E., Damasceno D., Coxall H.K., Borre M.K., Boehm F., Barling J., Arndt N.T., Antretter M. Origin and Evolution of a Submarine Large Igneous Province: The Kerguelen Plateau and Broken Ridge, Southern Indian Ocean, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 176, 73-89, 2000.

 

Nicolaysen K., Frey F.A., Weis D., Hodges K. and Giret A., 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of flood basalts, from the Kerguelen Archipelago, southern Indian Ocean: implications for Cenozoic eruptive rates of the Kerguelen plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 174, 313-328, 2000.

 

Barling J., Weis D. and Demaiffe D., A Sr-, Nd- and Pb-isotopic investigation of the transition between two macrocyclic units of the Bjerkreim-Sokndal layered intrusion, south Norway, Chem. Geol., 165, 47-65, 2000.

 

Frey F.A., Weis D., Yang H.-J., Nicolaysen K., Leyrit H., and Giret A., Temporal geochemical trends in Kerguelen Archipelago basalts: evidence for decreasing magma supply on the Kerguelen Archipelago, Chem. Geol., 164, 61-80, 2000.

 

Deboudt K., Flament P., Weis D., Mennessier J.P. and Maquinghen P., Air pollution sources assessment using the lead isotopic signature technique, The Sci. Total Env., 236, 57-74, 1999.

 

Mattielli N., Weis D., Scoates J.S., Shimizu N., Mennessier J.-P., Grégoire M., Cottin J-Y. and Giret A., Evolution of heterogeneous lithosphereic mantle in a plume environment beneath the Kerguelen Archipelago, Jour. Petrol., 40, 1721-1744, 1999.

 

Grégoire M., Cottin J.Y., Mattielli N., Giret A. and Weis D., Meta-igneous xenoliths from Kerguelen archipelago:Deep magmatic intrusions equilibrated in granulite facies in an oceanic environment, Contr. Min. Petrol., 133, 259-283, 1998.

 

Ajaji T., Weis D., Giret A. and Bouabdellah M., Contrasting geochemical characteristics of two calk-alkaline series in the Tanncherfi intrusive complex, northeastern Morocco, Lithos 45, 371-393, 1998.

 

Weis D., Frey F.A., Giret A. and Cantagrel J.M., Geochemical characteristics of the youngest volcano (Mount Ross) in the Kerguelen Archipelago: inferences for magma flux and composition of the Kerguelen Plume, Jour. Petrol., 39, 973-994, 1998.

 

Dejonghe L., Demaiffe D. and Weis D., Strontium isotope geochemistry of anhydrites and calcite pseudomorphs after anhydrite from Palaeozoic formations of Belgium, Chem. Geol., 144, 63-71, 1998.

 

Yang H.-Y., Frey F.A., Weis D., Giret A., Pyle D. and Michon G., Petrogenesis of the flood basalts forming the Northern Kerguelen Archipelago: implications for the Kerguelen Plume, Jour. Petrol., 39, 711-748, 1998.