Publications (since 1996)


2008

Beier, C., Haase, K.M., Abouchami, W., Krienitz, M.-S., & Hauff, F. (in press): Magma genesis by rifting of oceanic lithosphere above anomalous mantle: the Terceira rift, Azores. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Abstract | doi:10.1029/2008GC002112

Caulfield, J.T., Turner, S., Dosseto, A., Pearson, N.J. & Beier, C. (2008): Source depletion and extent of melting in the Tongan sub-arc mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 273, (3-4), 279-288.
Abstract | doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.040

Dosseto, A., Turner, S.P. & Chappell, J. (2008): The evolution of weathering profiles through time: new insights from uranium-series isotopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 274, (3-4). 359-371
Abstract | doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.050

Beier, C., Rushmer, T. & Turner, S.P. (2008): Heat sources for mantle plumes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9, Q06002(6).
Abstract | doi:10.1029/2007GC001933

Dosseto, A., Turner, S.P., Sandiford M. & Davidson, J. (2008): Uranium-series isotope and thermal constraints on the rate and depth of silicic magma genesis. Special volume of the Geological Society of London. Dynamics of crustal magma transfer, storage and differentiation. C. Annen and G. Zellmer 304, 169-181
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Sims, K.W., Gill, J., Dosseto, A., Hoffmann, D.L., Lundstrom, C., Williams, R., Ball, L., Tollstrup, D., Turner, S., Prytulak, J., Glessner, J., Standish, J. & Elliott, T. An inter-laboratory assessment of the Th isotopic composition of synthetic and rock standards. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 32(1), 65-91.
Abstract | doi: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00870.x

Dosseto, A., Bourdon, B. & Turner, S.P. (2008). Uranium-series isotopes in river materials: insights into the timescales of erosion and sediment transport. "Frontiers" article. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 265(1-2), 1-17.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.023 | PDF |

2007

Turner, S., Tonarini, S., Bindeman, I., Leeman, W.P., & Schaefer, B.F. (2007). Boron and oxygen isotope evidence for recycling of subducted components over the past 2.5 Gyr. Nature . 447, 702-705
Abstract | doi: 10.1038/nature05898 |

Nielsen, S.G., Rehkämper, M., Brandon, A.D., Norman, M.D., Turner, S. & O'Reilly, S.Y. (2007).Thallium isotopes in Iceland and Azores lavas - Implications for the role of altered crust and mantle geochemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 264, 332-345
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.008 |

Turner, S., Sims, K., Reagan, M. & Cook, C. (2007). A 210Pb-226Ra-230Th-238U study of Klyuchevskoy and Bezymianny volcanoes, Kamchatka. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . 71, 4771-4785
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.08.006 |

Davidson, J., Turner, S., Handley, H., Macpherson, C. & Dosseto, A. (2007). Amphibole "sponge" in arc crust? Geology. 35, 787-790.
Abstract | doi: 10.1130%2FG23637A.1  |

Heyworth, Z., Turner, S., Schaefer, B., Wood, B., George, R., Berlo, K., Cunningham, H., Price, R., Cook, C. & Gamble, J. (2007). 238U-230Th-226Ra-210Pb constraints on the genesis of high-Mg andesites at White Island, New Zealand. Chemical Geology. 243, 105-121.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.05.012 |

Toothill, J., Williams, C.A., Macdonald, R., Turner, S.P., Hawkesworth, C.J., Rogers, N.W. & Jerram, D. (2007). A complex petrogenesis for an arc magmatic suite, St Kitts, Lesser Antilles volcanic. Journal of Petrology. 48,3-42.
Abstract | doi: 10.1093/petrology/egl052 |

Price, R.C., George, R., Gamble, J., Turner, S., Smith, I., Cook, C., Hobden, B. & Dosseto, A. (2007). U-Th-Ra fractionation during crustal-level andesite formation at Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand. Chemical Geology. 244, 437-451.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.07.001 |

Demidjuk, Z., Turner, S., Sandiford, M., George, R., Foden, J. & Etheridge, M. (2007). U-series isotope and geodynamic constraints on mantle melting processes beneath the Newer Volcanic Province in South Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters . 261, 517-533
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.006  |

Handley, H.K., Macpherson, C. G., Davidson, J. P., Berlo, K. & Lowry, D. (2007). Constraining Fluid and Sediment Contributions to Subduction-Related Magmatism in Indonesia: Ijen Volcanic Complex. Journal of Petrology 48 (6), 1155-1183.
Abstract | doi: 10.1093/petrology/egm013 |

Zellmer, G.F. & Turner, S.P. (2007). Mafic enclaves in intermediate arc lavas: insights into processes and timescales from U-Th disequilibria. Lithos. 95, 346-362.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.08.002 |

2006

Dosseto, A., Bourdon, B., Gaillardet, J., Allègre, C.J. & Filizola, N. (2006). Timescale and conditions of chemical weathering under tropical climate: Study of the Amazon basin with U-series. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 246, 718-431.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.06.033 | PDF |

Dosseto, A., Turner, S.P. & Douglas, G.B. (2006). Uranium-series isotopes in colloids and suspended sediments: Timescale for sediment production and transport in the Murray--Darling River system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 70, 71-89.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.06.033 |

Dosseto, A., Bourdon, B., Gaillardet, J., Maurice-Bourgoin, L. & Allègre, C.J. (2006). Weathering and transport of sediments in the Bolivian Andes: time constraints from uranium-series isotopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 248, 759-771.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.027 |

Turner, S., Regelous, M., Hawkesworth, C. & Rostami, K. (2006). Partial melting processes above subducting plates: constraints from 231Pa-235U disequilibria. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . 70, 480-503.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.09.004 |

Garrison, J., Davidson, J., Reid, M. & Turner, S. (2006). Source versus differentiation controls on U-series disequilibria: insights from Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 244, 548-565.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.013 |

Berlo, K., Turner, S., Black, S., Hawkesworth, C. & Blundy, J. (2006). Tracing magma degassing prior to eruption using (210Pb/226Ra) disequilibria in volcanic deposits of the 1980-1986 eruptions of Mount St Helens. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 249, 337-349.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.013 |

Bourdon, B., Ribe, N.M., Stracke, A., Saal, A.E. & Turner, S.P. (2006). Insights inro the dynamics of mantle plumes from uranium-series geochemistry. Nature. 444, 713-717.
Abstract | doi: 10.1038/nature05341 |

2005

Bourdon, B., Turner, S. & Ribe, N.M. (2005). Partial melting and upwelling rates beneath the Azores from a U-series isotope perspective. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 239, 42-56.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.08.008 |

George, R., Turner, S., Morris, J., Plank, T., Hawkesworth, C. & Ryan, J. (2005). Pressure-temperature-time paths of sediment recycling beneath the Tonga-Kermadec arc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 233, 195-211.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.08.008 |

McDermott, F., Delfin, F.G., Defant, M.J., Turner, S. & Maury, R. (2005). The petrogenesis of magmas from Mt. Bulusan and Mayon in the Bicol arc, the Philippines. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 150, 652-670.
Abstract | doi: 10.1007/s00410-005-0042-7 |

Turner, S.P. (2005). Some remarks on magmatic processes beneath island arc volcanoes. Advances in Science, Earth Sciences. Imperial College Press.

Vigier, N., Bourdon, B., Lewin, E., Dupre, B., Turner, S., van Calsteren, P. & Allègre, C. (2005). Mobility of U-series nuclides during basalt weathering: an example from the Deccan Traps (India). Chemical Geology. 219, 69-91.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.010  |

Zellmer, G.F., Annen, C., Charlier, B.L.A., George, R.M.M., Turner, S.P. & Hawkesworth, C.J. (2005). Magma evolution and ascent at volcanic arcs: constraining petrogenetic processes through rates and chronologies. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 140 171-191.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.07.020  |

2004

Berlo, K., Blundy, J., Turner, S., Cashman, K., Hawkesworth, C. & Black, S. (2004). Geochemical precursors to volcanic activity at Mount St. Helens, U.S.A. Science. 306. 1167-1169.
Abstract | doi: 10.1126/science.1103869  |

Berlo, K., Turner, S., Blundy, J. & Hawkesworth, C. (2004). The extent of U-series disequilibria produced during partial melting of the lower crust with implications for the formation of the Mount St. Helens dacites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 148. 122-130.
Abstract | doi: 10.1007/s00410-004-0590-2  |

George, R., Reagan, M., Turner, S., Gill, J. & Bourdon, B. (2004). Comment on ?Steady-state 226Ra/230Th disequilibrium in mantle minerals: Implications for melt transport rates in island arcs? by M.D. Feineman and D.J. DePaolo [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 215 (2003) 339-355]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 228, 563-567.
doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.021  |

George, R., Turner, S., Hawkesworth, C., Nye, C., Bacon, C., Stelling, P. & Dreher, S. (2004). Chemical versus temporal controls on the evolution of tholeiitic and calc-alkaline magmas at two volcanoes in the Aleutian arc. Journal of Petrology. 45, 203-219.
Abstract | doi: 10.1093/petrology/egg086  |

Hawkesworth, C., George, R., Turner, S. & Zellmer, G. (2004). Timescales of magmatic processes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters (Frontiers). 218. 1-16.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00634-4  |

Regelous, M., Turner, S.P., Elliott, T.R., Rostami, K. & Hawkesworth, C.J. (2004). Measurement of femotgram quantities of Pa in rock samples by multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 76, 3584-3589.
Abstract | doi: 10.1021/ac030374l  |

Turner, S., Black, S. & Berlo, K. (2004). 210Pb-226Ra and 232Th-228Ra systematics in young arc lavas: implications for magma degassing and ascent rates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 227. 1-16.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.017  |

2003

Bourdon, B., Henderson, G., Lundstrom, C. & Turner, S., 2003. Uranium series geochemistry. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 52. 656 pp.

Bourdon, B., Turner, S., Henderson, G. & Lundstrom, C. (2003). Introduction to U-series geochemistry. In: Bourdon, B., Henderson, G., Lundstrom, C., Turner, S. (eds) Uranium series geochemistry. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 52. 1-21.

Turner, S., Bourdon, B. & Gill, J. (2003). Insights into magma genesis at convergent margins from U-series isotopes. In: Bourdon, B., Henderson, G., Lundstrom, C., Turner, S., (eds) Uranium series geochemistry. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 52. 255-315.

Bourdon, B., Turner, S. & Dosseto, A. (2003). Dehydration and partial melting in subduction zones: constraints from U-series disequilibria. Journal of Geophysical Research. 108 (B6). 2291
Abstract | doi: 10.1029/2002JB001839  |

Dosseto A., Bourdon B., Joron J. L. & Dupré B. (2003) U-Th-Pa-Ra study of the Kamchatka arc: new constraints on the genesis of arc lavas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 67. 2857-2877.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00086-3  |

George, R., Turner, S., Hawkesworth, C., Morris, J., Nye, C., Ryan, J. & Zheng, S.-H. (2003). Melting processes and fluid and sediment transport rates along the Alaska-Aleutian arc from an integrated U-Th-Ra-Be isotope study. Journal of Geophysical Research. 108 (B5), 2252.
Abstract | doi: 10.1029/2002JB001916  |

Hawkesworth, C., George, R., Turner, S. & Zellmer, G. (2003). Estimating the time scales of magmatic processes, in Melt Inclusions in volcanic systems: Methods, applications and Problems. De Vivo B. and Bodnar J. R., (Eds). Series "Developments in Volcanology". Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, pp. 23-44.

Turner, S., Foden, J., George, R., Evans, P., Varne, R., Elburg, M. & Jenner, G. (2003). Rates and processes of potassic magma generation at Sangeang Api volcano, east Sunda arc, Indonesia. Journal of Petrology. 44, 491-515.
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Turner, S., George, R., Jerram, D., Carpenter, N. & Hawkesworth, C. (2003). Case studies of plagioclase growth and residence times in island arc lavas from Tonga and the Lesser Antilles and Tonga, and a model to reconcile discordant age information. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 214, 279-294.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00376-5  |

2002

Turner, S.P. (2002). On the time scales of magmatism at island arc volcanoes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, 360, 2853-2871.
Abstract | doi: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1060  |

2001

Hawkesworth, C., Turner, S., Blake, S. & Thomas, L. (2001). Magma differentiation rates: combining isotopic constraints and thermal models. EOS. 82, 261-265.

Turner, S., Evans, P. & Hawkesworth, C. (2001). Ultra-fast source-to-surface movement of melt at island arcs from 226Ra-230Th systematics. Science. 292, 1363-1366.
Abstract | doi:10.1126/science.1059904  |

Turner, S. & Foden, J. (2001). U-Th-Ra disequilibria, Sr-Nd-Pb isotope and trace element variations in Sunda arc lavas: predominance of a subducted sediment component. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 142, 43-57.
Abstract | doi: 10.1007/s004100100271  |

Turner, S., van Calsteren, P., Vigier, N. & Thomas, L. (2001). Determination of thorium and uranium isotope ratios in low-concentration geological materials using a fixed multicollector ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy. 16, 612-615.
Abstract | doi: 10.1039/b008351h  |

Vigier, N., Bourdon, B., Turner, S. & Allègre, C. (2001). Erosion timescales derived from U-decay series measurements in rivers. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 193, 549-563.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00510-6  |

2000

Hawkesworth, C., Blake, S., Evans, P., Hughes, R., Macdonald, R., Thomas, L., Turner, S. & Zellmer, G. (2000). The time scales of crystal fractionation in magma chambers - integrating physical, isotopic and geochemical perspectives. Journal of Petrology. 41, 991-1006.
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Turner, S., Blundy, J., Wood, B. & Hole, M. (2000). Large 230Th-excesses in basalts produced by partial melting of spinel lherzolite. Chemical Geology. 162, 127-136.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00127-8  |

Turner, S., Bourdon, B., Hawkesworth, C. & Evans, P. (2000). 226Ra-230Th evidence for multiple dehydration events, rapid melt ascent and the time scales of differentiation beneath the Tonga-Kermadec island arc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 179, 581-593.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00141-2  |

Turner, S.P., George, R.M.M., Evans, P.J., Hawkesworth, C.J. & Zellmer, G.F. (2000). Time scales of magma formation, ascent and storage beneath subduction zone volcanoes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, 358, 1443-1464.
Abstract | doi: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0598  |

Zellmer, G., Turner, S. & Hawkesworth, C. (2000). Timescales of destructive plate margin magmatism: new insights from Santorini, Aegean volcanic arc. Earth Planetary Science Letters. 174, 265-281.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00266-6  |

1999

Bourdon, B., Turner, S. & Allègre, C. (1999). Melting dynamics beneath the Tonga-Kermadec island arc inferred from 231Pa-235U systematics. Science. 286, 2491-2493.
Abstract | doi:10.1126/science.286.5449.2491  |

Thomas, L.T., Hawkesworth, C.J., van Calsteren, P., Turner, S.P. & Rogers, N.W. (1999). Melt generation beneath ocean islands: a U-Th-Ra isotope study from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . 63, 4081-4099.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00310-5  |

Turner, S.P., Peate, D.W., Hawkesworth, C.J., Eggins, S.M. & Crawford, A.J. (1999). Two mantle domains and the time scales of fluid transfer beneath the Vanuatu arc. Geology. 27, 963-966.
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1998

Heath, E., Turner, S.P., Macdonald, R., Hawkesworth, C.J. & van Calsteren, P. (1998). Long magma residence times at an island arc volcano (Soufriere, St. Vincent) in the Lesser Antilles: evidence from 238U-230Th isochron dating. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 160, 49-63.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00084-3  |

Turner, S., McDermott, F., Hawkesworth, C. & Kepzhinskas, P. (1998). A U-series study of Kamchatka and the Aleutians: constraints on source composition and melting conditions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 133, 217-234.
Abstract | doi: 10.1007/s004100050449  |

1997

Hawkesworth, C.J., Turner, S.P., McDermott, F., Peate, D.W. & van Calsteren, P. (1997). U-Th isotopes in arc magmas: implications for element transfer from the subducted crust. Science. 276, 551-555.
Abstract | doi:10.1126/science.276.5312.551  |

Hawkesworth, C., Turner, S., Peate, D., McDermott, F. & van Calsteren, P. (1997). Elemental U and Th variations in island arc rocks: implications for U-series isotopes. Chemical Geology. 139, 207-221.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00036-3  |

Turner, S. & Hawkesworth, C. (1997). Constraints on flux rates and mantle dynamics beneath island arcs from Tonga-Kermadec lava geochemistry. Nature. 389, 568-573.
Abstract | doi: 10.1038/39257  |

Turner, S., Hawkesworth, C., Rogers, N., Bartlett, J., Worthington, T., Hergt, J., Pearce, J. & Smith, I. (1997). 238U-230Th disequilibria, magma petrogenesis and flux rates beneath the depleted Tonga-Kermadec island arc. Geochimica et Cosmochimic Acta. 61, 4855-4884.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00281-0  |

Turner, S., Hawkesworth, C., Rogers, N. & King, P. (1997). U-Th isotope disequilibria and ocean island basalt generation in the Azores. Chemical Geology. 139, 145-164.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00031-4  |

1996

Turner, S., Hawkesworth, C., Macdonald, R., Black, S. & van Calsteren, P. (1996). U-series isotopes and destructive plate margin magma genesis in the Lesser Antilles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 142, 191-207.
Abstract | doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00078-7  |