Permeability Enhancement by Slow Faulting Under HighPore Fluid Pressure
Mandolini, T., Zega, Z., Rivers, M., & Zhu, W. (2026). Permeability enhancement by slow faulting under high pore fluid pressure. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL119145.
Structural Mechanism for Gas Permeability in Noncrystalline Carbon under Pressure
Zeng, Zhidan, Hongbo Lou, Fujun Lan, Xiao Sun, Yuxin Liu, Hongwei Sheng, Ho-kwang Mao, and Qiaoshi Zeng. “Structural Mechanism for Gas Permeability in Noncrystalline Carbon under Pressure.” Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026).
Equilibrium Fe isotope fractionation between olivine, pyroxene, spinel and MORB glass: Implications for mantle partial melting to generate MORBs
Nie, Nicole X., Anat Shahar, Peng Ni, Richard W. Carlson, Steven B. Shirey, Corliss K. Sio, Justin Y. Hu et al. “Equilibrium Fe isotope fractionation between olivine, pyroxene, spinel and MORB glass: Implications for mantle partial melting to generate MORBs.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2025). Read More
Resiliency, morphology, and entropic transformations in high-entropy oxide nanoribbons
Hessam Shahbazi et al., Resiliency, morphology, and entropic transformations in high-entropy oxide nanoribbons. Science 388, 950-956 (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adr5604 Read More
Direct observations of transient weakening during phase transformations in quartz and olivine
Cross, A.J., Goddard, R.M., Kumamoto, K.M. et al. Direct observations of transient weakening during phase transformations in quartz and olivine. Nat. Geosci. 18, 548–554 (2025). Read More
The origin of vertebrate teeth and evolution of sensory exoskeletons
Haridy, Y., Norris, S.C.P., Fabbri, M. et al. The origin of vertebrate teeth and evolution of sensory exoskeletons. Nature 642, 119–124 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08944-w Link to Article | Link to UChicago News
Deformation of Hydrous Phases Egg [AlSiO3(OH)], δ [AlO(OH)] and Stishovite [Si1-nH4nO2] Relevant to Anisotropy of the Earth’s Mantle
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Kattemalavadi, A., Devoe, M., & Wenk, H.-R. (2025). Deformation of hydrous phases Egg [AlSiO3(OH)], δ [AlO(OH)] and stishovite [Si1-nH4nO2] relevant to anisotropy of the Earth’s mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2025JB031362. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB031362 Read More
Volatiles and Redox Along the East African Rift
Brounce, M., Scoggins, S., Fischer, T. P., Ford, H., & Byrnes, J. (2024). Volatiles and redox along the East African Rift. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, e2024GC011657. Read More
Phase transformation of ferric-iron-rich silicate in Earth’s mid-mantle
Lv, M., Zhu, S., Liu, J., Hu, Y., Zhu, F., Lai, X., Zhang, D., Chen, B., Dera, P., Li, J. and Dorfman, S.M., 2024. Phase transformation of ferric-iron-rich silicate in Earth’s mid-mantle. American Mineralogist. DOI: 10.2138/am-2024-9410 Read More