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Andrew C Kerr

Professor of Petrology, Cardiff University
Verified email at cf.ac.uk
Cited by 13143

Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene

J Zalasiewicz, M Williams, R Fortey… - … of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Anthropocene, an informal term used to signal the impact of collective human activity on
biological, physical and chemical processes on the Earth system, is assessed using …

Survival in patients with suspected myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis from the …

S Pasupathy, B Lindahl, P Litwin, R Tavella… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Suspected myocardial infarction (MI) with nonobstructive coronary arteries
(MINOCA) occurs in≈ 5% to 10% of patients with MI referred for coronary angiography. The …

The amount of recycled crust in sources of mantle-derived melts

AV Sobolev, AW Hofmann, DV Kuzmin, GM Yaxley… - science, 2007 - science.org
Plate tectonic processes introduce basaltic crust (as eclogite) into the peridotitic mantle. The
proportions of these two sources in mantle melts are poorly understood. Silica-rich melts …

[PDF][PDF] Are we now living in the Anthropocene?

J Zalasiewicz, M Williams, A Smith, TL Barry, AL Coe… - Gsa Today, 2008 - academia.edu
The term Anthropocene, proposed and increasingly employed to denote the current interval
of anthropogenic global environmental change, may be discussed on stratigraphic grounds …

Classification of altered volcanic island arc rocks using immobile trace elements: development of the Th–Co discrimination diagram

AR Hastie, AC Kerr, JA Pearce… - Journal of petrology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Many diagrams conventionally used to classify igneous rocks utilize mobile elements, which
commonly renders them unreliable for classifying rocks from the geological record. The K2O …

Mantle plume or slab window?: Physical and geochemical constraints on the origin of the Caribbean oceanic plateau

AR Hastie, AC Kerr - Earth-Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
The Caribbean oceanic plateau formed in the Pacific realm when it erupted onto the
Farallon plate from the Galapagos hotspot at∼ 90Ma. The plateau was subsequently …

The north Atlantic igneous province

AD Saunders, JG Fitton, AC Kerr… - Geophysical …, 1997 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Abstract The North Atlantic Igneous Province extends from eastern Canada to the British
Isles, a pre-drift distance of almost 2000 km. The igneous rocks are predominantly basaltic …

[PDF][PDF] Olanzapine versus aprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a randomized phase III trial

RM Navari, SE Gray, AC Kerr - The journal of supportive oncology, 2011 - infekt.ch
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness of olanzapine
(OLN) and aprepitant (APR) for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and …

Cretaceous Basaltic Terranes in western Columbia: elemental, chronological and Sr–Nd isotopic constraints on petrogenesis

AC Kerr, GF Marriner, J Tarney, A Nivia… - Journal of …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Accreted terranes comprising Mid to Late Cretaceous picrites, basalts and dolerites occur in
three north–south trending belts in western Colombia, in the Central Cordillera, Western …

Oceanic plateau formation: a cause of mass extinction and black shale deposition around the Cenomanian–Turonian boundary?

AC Kerr - Journal of the Geological Society, 1998 - lyellcollection.org
The Cenomanian–Turonian boundary (90.4 Ma) represents a major period of worldwide
environmental disturbance. The physical manifestations of this are: elevated atmospheric …