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Published articles

2021

Burness, S., Thomassot, E., Smart, K. A., & Tappe, S. (2021). Sulphur isotopes (δ34S and Δ33S) in sulphides from cratonic mantle eclogites: A glimpse of volatile cycling in ancient subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 572, 117118.


Smart, K. A., Tappe, S., Woodland, A. B., Harris, C., Corcoran, L., & Simonetti, A. (2021). Metasomatized eclogite xenoliths from the central Kaapvaal craton as probes of a seismic mid-lithospheric discontinuity. Chemical Geology, 578, 120286.


Tappe, S., Shaikh, A. M., Wilson, A. H., & Stracke, A. (2021). Evolution of ultrapotassic volcanism on the Kaapvaal craton: deepening the orangeite versus lamproite debate. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 513.


Shaikh, A. M., Tappe, S., Bussweiler, Y., Vollmer, C., & Brown, R. J. (2021). Origins of olivine in Earth’s youngest kimberlite: Igwisi Hills volcanoes, Tanzania craton. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176(8), 1-19.


Ballouard, C., Elburg, M. A., Harlov, D. E., Tappe, S., Knoper, M. W., Eglinger, A., & Andreoli, M. A. (2021). Late-orogenic juvenile magmatism of the Mesoproterozoic Namaqua Metamorphic Province, South Africa, and relationships to granulite-facies REE-Th and iron oxide mineralizations. Journal of Petrology, 62(8), egab059.


Tappe, S., Massuyeau, M., Smart, K. A., Woodland, A. B., Gussone, N., Milne, S., & Stracke, A. (2021). Sheared peridotite and megacryst formation beneath the Kaapvaal craton: a snapshot of tectonomagmatic processes across the lithosphere–asthenosphere transition. Journal of Petrology.


Bolhar, R., Tappe, S., Wilson, A. H., Ireland, T., Avila, J., & Anhaeusser, C. (2021). A petrochronology window into near-surface fluid/rock interaction within Archaean ultramafic-mafic crust: Insights from the 3.25 Ga Stolzburg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt. Chemical Geology, 569, 120130.

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Ngwenya, N. S., & Tappe, S. (2021). Diamondiferous lamproites of the Luangwa Rift in central Africa and links to remobilized cratonic lithosphere. Chemical Geology, 568, 120019.


Smart, K. A., Tappe, S., Woodland, A. B., Harris, C., Corcoran, L., & Simonetti, A. (2021). Metasomatized eclogite xenoliths from the central Kaapvaal craton as probes of a seismic mid-lithospheric discontinuity. Chemical Geology, 120286.

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Massuyeau, M., Gardés, E., Rogerie, G., Aulbach, S., Tappe, S., Le Trong, E., Sifré, D. and Gaillard, F. (2021). MAGLAB: A computing platform connecting geophysical signatures to melting processes in Earth's mantle. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 314, p.106638.


Smart, K. A., Tappe, S., Woodland, A. B., Greyling, D. R., Harris, C., & Gussone, N. (2021). Constraints on Archean crust recycling and the origin of mantle redox variability from the δ44/40Ca–δ18O–fO2 signatures of cratonic eclogites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 556, 116720.

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Kumar, S.P., Shaikh, A.M., Patel, S.C., Sheikh, J.M., Behera, D., Pruseth, K.L., Ravi, S. and Tappe, S. (2021). Multi-stage magmatic history of olivine–leucite lamproite dykes from Banganapalle, Dharwar craton, India: evidence from compositional zoning of spinel. Mineralogy and Petrology, 115(1), pp.87-112.

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Hoare, B.C., Tomlinson, E.L., Barnes, J.D., Tappe, S., Marks, M.A., Epp, T., Caulfield, J. and Riegler, T. (2021). Tracking halogen recycling and volatile loss in kimberlite magmatism from Greenland: Evidence from combined F-Cl-Br and δ37Cl systematics. Lithos, p.105976.

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2020

Massuyeau, M., Gardés, E., Rogerie, G., Aulbach, S., Tappe, S., Le Trong, E., Sifré, D. and Gaillard, F., 2020. MAGLAB: A computing platform connecting geophysical signatures to melting processes in Earth's mantle. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, p.106638.


Amsellem, E., Moynier, F., Bertrand, H., Bouyon, A., Mata, J., Tappe, S., & Day., JMD. (2020). Calcium isotopic evidence for the mantle sources of carbonatites. Science Advances 6 (23), eaba3269.

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Rooney, T., Girard, G., & Tappe, S. (2020). The impact on mantle olivine resulting from carbonated silicate melt interaction. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 175 (56), 56


Ngwenya, N.S., & Tappe, S. (2020). Diamondiferous lamproites of the Luangwa Rift in Central Africa and links to remobilized cratonic lithosphere. Chemical Geology, 120019.

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Burness, S., Smart, K. A., Tappe, S., Stevens, G., Woodland, A. B., & Cano, E. (2020). Sulphur-rich mantle metasomatism of Kaapvaal craton eclogites and its role in redox-controlled platinum group element mobility. Chemical Geology, 119476.

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Kumar, S. P., Shaikh, A. M., Patel, S. C., Sheikh, J. M., Behera, D., Pruseth, K. L., ... & Tappe, S. (2020). Multi-stage magmatic history of olivine–leucite lamproite dykes from Banganapalle, Dharwar craton, India: evidence from compositional zoning of spinel. Mineralogy and Petrology, 1-26.

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Shaikh, A. M., Tappe, S., Bussweiler, Y., Patel, S. C., Ravi, S., Bolhar, R., & Viljoen, F. (2020). Clinopyroxene and garnet mantle cargo in kimberlites as probes of Dharwar craton architecture and geotherms, with implications for post-1.1 Ga lithosphere thinning events beneath southern India. Journal of Petrology.


Tappe, S., Budde, G., Stracke, A., Wilson, A., & Kleine, T. (2020). The tungsten-182 record of kimberlites above the African superplume: Exploring links to the core-mantle boundary. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 547, 116473.

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Tappe, S., Stracke, A., van Acken, D., Strauss, H., & Luguet, A. (2020). Origins of kimberlites and carbonatites during continental collision–Insights beyond decoupled Nd-Hf isotopes. Earth-Science Reviews, 103287.


Ballouard, C., Massuyeau, M., Elburg, M. A., Tappe, S., Viljoen, F., & Brandenburg, J. T. (2020). The magmatic and magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of felsic igneous rocks as seen through Nb-Ta geochemical fractionation, with implications for the origins of rare-metal mineralizations. Earth-Science Reviews, 203, 103115.

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Ballouard, C., Elburg, M. A., Tappe, S., Reinke, C., Ueckermann, H., & Doggart, S. (2020). Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of rare metal pegmatites from the Mesoproterozoic Orange River pegmatite belt (Namaqualand, South Africa). Ore Geology Reviews, 116, 103252.

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2019

Dongre, A., & Tappe, S. (2019). Kimberlite and carbonatite dykes within the Premier diatreme root (Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa): New insights to mineralogical-genetic classifications and magma CO2 degassing. Lithos, 338, 155-173.

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Shaikh, A. M., Patel, S. C., Bussweiler, Y., Kumar, S. P., Tappe, S., Ravi, S., & Mainkar, D. (2019). Olivine trace element compositions in diamondiferous lamproites from India: Proxies for magma origins and the nature of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Bastar and Dharwar cratons. Lithos, 324, 501-518.


Smart, K. A., Tappe, S., Ishikawa, A., Pfänder, J. A., & Stracke, A. (2019). K-rich hydrous mantle lithosphere beneath the Ontong Java Plateau: Significance for the genesis of oceanic basalts and Archean continents. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 248, 311-342.

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2018

Tappe, S., Dongre, A., Liu, C. Z., & Wu, F. Y. (2018). ‘Premier’evidence for prolonged kimberlite pipe formation and its influence on diamond transport from deep Earth. Geology, 46(10), 843-846.

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Tappe, S., Smart, K., Torsvik, T., Massuyeau, M., & de Wit, M. (2018). Geodynamics of kimberlites on a cooling Earth: clues to plate tectonic evolution and deep volatile cycles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, 1-14.

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