Soderman, Shorttle, Matthews, Williams, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 318, 388-414 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.12.008

In this paper we assessed the utility of novel stable isotopes (Mg, Ca, Fe, V, and Cr) in lavas for tracing mantle lithological heterogeneity and melting processes, and in particular the prospects for combining multiple stable isotope proxies to uniquely identify these processes. Major element isotope systems may better respond to lithological heterogeneity because, unlike trace elements, their concentrations do not vary by orders of magnitude between different mantle components.

This work (led by PhD student C. Soderman) significantly expanded the capabilities of the stable-isotope fractionation code I originally developed (and published a proof-of-concept).