Prof. dr. Paul Mason

Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
Kamer 256
3584 CB Utrecht

Prof. dr. Paul Mason

Hoogleraar
Petrology
Onderwijsdirecteur
Aardwetenschappen
030 253 5120
p.mason@uu.nl

Publicaties

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Molendijk, S. M., Namur, O., Mason, P. R. D., Dubacq, B., Smets, B., Neave, D. A., & Charlier, B. (2023). Trace element partitioning in silica-undersaturated alkaline magmatic systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 346, 29-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.01.025
Nikogosian, I. K., Bracco Gartner, A. J. J., Mason, P. R. D., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Kuiper, K. F., Kirscher, U., Matveev, S., Grigoryan, A., Grigoryan, E., Israyelyan, A., van Bergen, M. J., Koornneef, J. M., Wijbrans, J. R., Davies, G. R., & Meliksetian, K. (2023). The South Armenian Block: Gondwanan origin and Tethyan evolution in space and time. Gondwana Research, 121, 168-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2023.03.023
Lantink, M. L., Lenstra, W. K., Davies, J. H. F. L., Hennekam, R., Martin, D. M. B., Mason, P. R. D., Reichart, G. J., Slomp, C. P., & Hilgen, F. J. (2023). Precessional pacing of early Proterozoic redox cycles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 610, 1-10. [118117]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118117

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Tsikos, H., Siahi, M., Rafuza, S., Mhlanga, X. R., Oonk, P. B. H., Papadopoulos, V., Boyce, A. J., Mason, P. R. D., Harris, C., Gröcke, D. R., & Lyons, T. W. (2022). Carbon isotope stratigraphy of Precambrian iron formations and possible significance for the early biological pump. Gondwana Research, 109, 416-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2022.05.007
Roerdink, D. L., Ronen, Y., Strauss, H., & Mason, P. R. D. (2022). Emergence of felsic crust and subaerial weathering recorded in Palaeoarchaean barite. Nature Geoscience, 15(3), 227-232. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00902-9
Molendijk, S. M., Buchs, D. M., Mason, P. R. D., & Blundy, J. D. (2022). Clinopyroxene diversity and magma plumbing system processes in an accreted Pacific ocean island, Panama. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 177(2), 1-23. [30]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-022-01894-w

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Naipal, R., Zwaan, J. C., Kroonenberg, S. B., Kriegsman, L. M., & Mason, P. R. D. (2020). Diamonds from the Nassau Mountains, Suriname. Journal of Gemmology, 37(2), 180-191. https://doi.org/10.15506/jog.2020.37.2.180
Siahi, M., Tsikos, H., Rafuza, S., Oonk, P. B. H., Mhlanga, X. R., van Niekerk, D., Mason, P. R. D., & Harris, C. (2020). Insights into the processes and controls on the absolute abundance and distribution of manganese in Precambrian iron formations. Precambrian Research, 350(11), [105878]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105878
Bracco Gartner, A. J. J., Seghedi, I., Nikogosian, I. K., & Mason, P. R. D. (2020). Asthenosphere-induced melting of diverse source regions for East Carpathian post-collisional volcanism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 175(6), [54]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-020-01690-4
Nabhan, S., Marin-Carbonne, J., Mason, P. R. D., & Heubeck, C. (2020). In situ S-isotope compositions of sulfate and sulfide from the 3.2 Ga Moodies Group, South Africa: A record of oxidative sulfur cycling. Geobiology, 18(4), 426-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12393
Schilling, K., Basu, A., Wanner, C., Sanford, R. A., Pallud, C., Johnson, T. M., & Mason, P. R. D. (2020). Mass-dependent selenium isotopic fractionation during microbial reduction of seleno-oxyanions by phylogenetically diverse bacteria. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 276, 274-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.02.036
Aldanmaz, E., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Yıldız-Yüksekol, Ö., Schmidt, M. W., McPhee, P. J., Meisel, T., Güçtekin, A., & Mason, P. R. D. (2020). Effects of reactive dissolution of orthopyroxene in producing incompatible element depleted melts and refractory mantle residues during early fore-arc spreading: constraints from ophiolites in eastern Mediterranean. Lithos, 360-361, [105438]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105438
van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Spakman, W., de Boorder, H., van Dongen, M., Jowitt, S. M., & Mason, P. R. D. (2020). Arc-Type Magmatism Due to Continental-Edge Plowing Through Ancient Subduction-Enriched Mantle. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(9), [e2020GL087484]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087484
Harangi, S., Molnár, K., Schmitt, A. K., Dunkl, I., Seghedi, I., Novothny, Á., Molnár, M., Kiss, B., Ntaflos, T., Mason, P. R. D., & Lukács, R. (2020). Fingerprinting the Late Pleistocene tephras of Ciomadul volcano, eastern–central Europe. Journal of Quaternary Science, 35(1-2), 232-244. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3177

2019

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Lantink, M. L., Davies, J. H. F. L., Mason, P. R. D., Schaltegger, U., & Hilgen, F. J. (2019). Climate control on banded iron formations linked to orbital eccentricity. Nature Geoscience, 12(5), 369-374. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0332-8
Ersoy, Ö., Nikogosian, I. K., van Bergen, M. J., & Mason, P. R. D. (2019). Phosphorous incorporation in olivine crystallized from potassium-rich magmas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 253, 63-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.03.012
Drabon, N., Galić, A., Mason, P. R. D., & Lowe, D. R. (2019). Provenance and tectonic implications of the 3.28–3.23 Ga Fig Tree Group, central Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 325, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.02.010

2018

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Nikogosian, I. K., Bracco Gartner, A. J. J., van Bergen, M. J., Mason, P. R. D., & van Hinsbergen, D. J. J. (2018). Mantle Sources of Recent Anatolian Intraplate Magmatism: A Regional Plume or Local Tectonic Origin? Tectonics, 37(12), 4535-4566. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005219
Oonk, P. B. H., Mason, P. R. D., Tsikos, H., & Bau, M. (2018). Fraction-specific rare earth elements enable the reconstruction of primary seawater signatures from iron formations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 238, 102-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.07.005
Kamps, O. M., van Ruitenbeek, F. J. A., Mason, P. R. D., & van der Meer, F. D. (2018). Near-infrared spectroscopy of hydrothermal versus low-grade metamorphic chlorites. Minerals, 8(6), [259]. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8060259
Monsels, D. A., Van Bergen, M. J., & Mason, P. R. D. (2018). Determination of Trace Elements in Bauxite Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry on Lithium Borate Glass Beads. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 42(2), 239-251. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12206
Lantink, M. L., Oonk, P. B. H., Floor, G. H., Tsikos, H., & Mason, P. R. D. (2018). Fe isotopes of a 2.4 Ga hematite-rich IF constrain marine redox conditions around the GOE. Precambrian Research, 305, 218-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.12.025

Vakpublicaties

Mason, P. R. D. (2018). How to read a rock: The Science (and art) of Petrology. Universiteit Utrecht.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/377810/20180328_inaugural_lecture_geo_mason.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Oonk, P. B. H., Tsikos, H., Mason, P. R. D., Henkel, S., Staubwasser, M., Fryer, L., Poulton, S. W., & Williams, H. M. (2017). Fraction-specific controls on the trace element distribution in iron formations: Implications for trace metal stable isotope proxies. Chemical Geology, 474, 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.10.018
Galić, A., Mason, P. R. D., Mogollón, J. M., Wolthers, M., Vroon, P. Z., & Whitehouse, M. J. (2017). Pyrite in a sulfate-poor Paleoarchean basin was derived predominantly from elemental sulfur: Evidence from 3.2 Ga sediments in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, Kaapvaal Craton. Chemical Geology, 449, 135-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.12.006

2016

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Nikogosian, I., Ersoy, Ö., Whitehouse, M., Mason, P. R. D., de Hoog, J. C. M., Wortel, R., & van Bergen, M. J. (2016). Multiple subduction imprints in the mantle below Italy detected in a single lava flow. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 449, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.033
Mitchell, K., Mansoor, S. Z., Mason, P. R. D., Johnson, T. M., & Van Cappellen, P. (2016). Geological evolution of the marine selenium cycle: Insights from the bulk shale δ82/76Se record and isotope mass balance modeling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 441, 178-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.030
Roerdink, D. L., Mason, P. R. D., Whitehouse, M. J., & Brouwer, F. M. (2016). Reworking of atmospheric sulfur in a Paleoarchean hydrothermal system at Londozi, Barberton Greenstone Belt, Swaziland. Precambrian Research, 280, 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.05.007

Overige resultaten

Oonk, P. B. H., Tsikos, H., Mason, P. R. D., Staubwasser, M., Henkel, S., & Williams, H. (2016). Species-specific Fe-isotopes on Palaeoproterozoic BIF and their implications. Abstract from 35th IGC International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mason, P. R. D., Roerdink, D. L., Galic, A., Whitehouse, M., Montinaro, A., & Strauss, H. (2016). Sulfate in the Paleoarchean Oceans: insight from barite deposits and their surrounding sedimentary rocks in the Barberton Greenstone Belt. Abstract from 35th IGC International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.
Lantink, M., Oonk, P., Floor, G., Tsikos, H., & Mason, P. (2016). Fe isotopes of a ~2.4 Ga hematite-rich IF confirm oxygenation of the Transvaal Basin in relation to the GOE. Poster session presented at NAC 13, Veldhoven, Netherlands.

2015

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schilling, K., Johnson, T. M., Dhillon, K. S., & Mason, P. R. D. (2015). Fate of Selenium in Soils at a Seleniferous Site Recorded by High Precision Se Isotope Measurements. Environmental Science and Technology, 49(16), 9690-9698. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b00477
Klaver, M., de Roever, E. W. F., Nanne, J. A. M., Mason, P. R. D., & Davies, G. R. (2015). Charnockites and UHT metamorphism in the Bakhuis Granulite Belt, western Suriname: Evidence for two separate UHT events. Precambrian Research, 262, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2015.02.014
Montinaro, A., Strauss, H., Mason, P. R. D., Roerdink, D., Münker, C., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Arndt, N. T., Farquhar, J., Beukes, N. J., Gutzmer, J., & Peters, M. (2015). Paleoarchean sulfur cycling: Multiple sulfur isotope constraints from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 267, 311-322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2015.06.008
Hennekam, R., Jilbert, T., Mason, P. R. D., de Lange, G. J., & Reichart, G. J. (2015). High-resolution line-scan analysis of resin-embedded sediments using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Chemical Geology, 403, 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.03.004

Overige resultaten

Mason, P. R. D., Galic, A., Vroon, P., Strauss, H., Montinaro, A., Drabon, N., & Heubeck, C. (2015). Geochemistry of a Palaeoarchean Shallow Shelf Environment: Unravelling Sediment Provenance, Alteration History and Redox Tracers. Abstract from 25th VM Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
Mason, P. R. D., Roerdink, D. L., Galic, A., & Whitehouse, M. (2015). Sulfate in the Paleoarchean ocean: Localized enrichment or variable preservation?. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, United States.
Oonk, P. B. H., Tsikos, H., Mason, P. R. D., Henkel, S., Staubwasser, M., & Williams, H. M. (2015). Sequential extraction for Palaeo-proterozoic BIF and implications. Abstract from Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.

2014

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Schilling, K., Johnson, T. M., & Mason, P. R. D. (2014). A sequential extraction technique for mass-balanced stable selenium isotope analysis of soil samples. Chemical Geology, 381, 125-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.04.014

2012

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Roerdink, D. L., Mason, P. R. D., Farquhar, J., & Reimer, T. (2012). Multiple sulfur isotopes in Paleoarchean barites identify an important role for microbial sulfate reduction in the early marine environment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 331-332, 177-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.020

2009

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Lukács, R., Harangi, S., Mason, P., & Ntaflos, T. (2009). Bimodal pumice populations in the 13.5 Ma Harsány ignimbrite, Bükkalja Volcanic Field, Northern Hungary: Syn-eruptive mingling of distinct rhyolitic magma batches? Central European Geology, 52(1), 51-72. https://doi.org/10.1556/CEuGeol.52.2009.1.4
Hin, R. C., Morel, M. L. A., Nebel, O., Mason, P. R. D., van Westrenen, W., & Davies, G. R. (2009). Formation and temporal evolution of the Kalahari sub-cratonic lithospheric mantle: Constraints from Venetia xenoliths, South Africa. Lithos, 112(2), 1069-1082, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.06.020. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V6J-4WN2Y1P-1&_user=3021449&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000021878&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=3021449&md5=b4bf94f50d01721b860dda1abccef0c1

2008

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Mason, P. R. D., Nikogosian, I., & van Bergen, M. J. (2008). Major and trace element analysis of melt inclusions by laser ablation ICP-MS. In P. Sylvester (Ed.), Laser ablation ICP-MS in the Earth sciences. Current Practices and Outstanding Issues (pp. 219-239). (Short course volume; No. 40). Mineralogical Association of Canada.

2007

Overige resultaten

Stam, M. C., Mason, P. R. D., Laverman, A. M., Pallud, C., & Van Cappellen, P. (2007). What controls sulfur isotope fractionation in modern estuarine sediments?. A966-A966. Abstract from 16th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Mason, P. R. D., Asschert, A., Reimer, T. O., Kosler, J., & Whitehouse, M. J. (2007). Sulfur isotopes in barite deposits from the lower Onverwacht Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt: Evidence for microbial sulfate reduction at > 3.5 Ga?. A633-A633. Abstract from 17th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, Germany.

2006

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Wolthers, M., Butler, I. B., Rickard, D., & Mason, P. R. D. (2006). Arsenic uptake by pyrite at ambient environmental conditions: A continuous-flow experiment. In P. O'Day, D. Vlassopoulos, X. Meng, & L. Benning (Eds.), Advances in Arsenic Research - Integration of Experimental and Observational Studies and Implications for Mitigation (pp. 60-76). (ACS Symposium Series; Vol. 915).
Dijkstra, A. H., Brouwer, F. M., Cunningham, W. D., Buchan, C., Badarch, G., & Mason, P. R. D. (2006). Late Neoproterozoic proto-arc ocean crust in the Dariv Range, Western Mongolia: a supra-subduction zone end-member ophiolite. Journal of the Geological Society, 163, 363-373.
Spengler, D., van Roermund, H. L. M., Drury, M. R., Ottolini, L., Mason, P. R. D., & Davies, G. R. (2006). Deep origin and hot melting of an Archaean orogenic peridotite massif in Norway. Nature, 440(7086), 913-917.

Overige resultaten

Stam, M. C., Mason, P. R. D., Laverman, A. M., Pallud, C., & Van Cappellen, P. (2006). Does sulfur isotope fractionation in natural sediments record sulfate reducing activity?. A610-A610. Abstract from Unknown event, Asilomar, USA.

2005

Overige resultaten

Nikogosian, I. K., van Bergen, M. J., Vroon, P. Z., & Mason, P. R. D. (2005). Perspectives on magma source variations in Central-Southern Italy from mineral chemistry. 09389. Abstract from 2nd EGU General Assembly, Vienna. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU05/09389/EGU05-J-09389.pdf

2003

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Beintema, K. A., Mason, P. R. D., Nelson, D. R., White, S. H., & Wijbrans, J. R. (2003). New constraints on the timing of tectonic events in the Archaean Central Pilbara Craton,Western Australia. Journal of the Virtual Explorer, 13.
Downes, H., Reichow, M. K., Mason, P. R. D., Beard, A. D., & Thirlwall, M. F. (2003). Mantle domains in the lithosphere beneath the French Massif Central: trace element and isotopic evidence from mantle clinopyroxenes. Chemical Geology, 200(1-2), 71-87.

2002

Overige resultaten

Paquin, J., Mason, P. R. D., & Altherr, R. (2002). The individual behaviours of trace elements in the orogenic Alpe Arami garnet peridotite (Central Swiss Alps). A detailed LA-ICPMS study. A579. Abstract from 12th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switserland.

2001

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

de Hoog, J. C. M., Mason, P. R. D., & van Bergen, M. J. (2001). Sulfur and chalcophile elements in subduction zones: constraints from a laser ablation ICP-MS study of melt inclusions from Galunggung Volcano, Indonesia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65(18), 3147-3164.
Mason, P. R. D., & Mank, A. J. G. (2001). Depth-resolved analysis in multi-layered glass and metal materials using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 16, 1381-1388.

1999

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Mank, A. J. G., & Mason, P. R. D. (1999). A critical assessment of laser ablation ICP-MS as an analytical tool for depth analysis in silica-based glass samples. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 14(8), 1143-1153. https://doi.org/10.1039/a903304a
Mason, P. R. D., Kaspers, K., & Van Bergen, M. J. (1999). Determination of sulfur isotope ratios and concentrations in water samples using ICP-MS incorporating hexapole ion optics. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 14(7), 1067-1074. https://doi.org/10.1039/a902037c
Mason, P. R. D., Jarvis, K. E., Downes, H., & Vannucci, R. (1999). Determination of Incompatible Trace Elements in Mantle Clinopyroxenes by LA-ICP-MS: A Comparison of Analytical Performance with Established Techniques. Geostandards Newsletter, 23(2), 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.1999.23.issue-2

Overige resultaten

Menzies, M. A., Fan, W. M., Zhang, H. F., Jarvis, K. E., & Mason, P. R. D. (1999). On- and off- the North China Craton: Where is the Archaean keel? Ofioliti, 24(1 A), 131.

1998

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Jarvis, K. E., Mason, P., Platzner, T., & Williams, J. G. (1998). Critical assessment of the effects of skimmer cone geometry on spectroscopic and non-spectroscopic interference in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 13(8), 689-696. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0032141330&partnerID=40&md5=fc928d41dd95b184dded20c07068dbd7
Mason, P. R. D., Seghedi, I., Szákacs, A., & Downes, H. (1998). Magmatic constraints on geodynamic models of subduction in the East Carpathians, Romania. Tectonophysics, 297(1-4), 157-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00167-X

1996

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Mason, P. R. D., Downes, H., Thirlwall, M. F., Seghedi, I., Szakács, A., Lowry, D., & Mattey, D. (1996). Crustal assimilation as a major petrogenetic process in the East Carpathian neogene and quaternary continental margin arc, Romania. Journal of Petrology, 37(4), 927-959.

1995

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Mason, P. R. D., Downes, H., Seghedi, I., Szakács, A., & Thirlwall, M. F. (1995). Low-pressure evolution of magmas from the Calimani, Gurghiu and Harghita Mountains, East Carpathians. In H. Downes, & O. Vaselli (Eds.), Neogene and related magmatism in the Carpatho-Pannonian Region (pp. 43-52). (Acta Vulcanologica; Vol. 7, No. 2).
Seghedi, I., Szakács, A., & Mason, P. R. D. (1995). Petrogenesis and magmatic evolution in the East Carpathian Neogene volcanic arc (Romania). In H. Downes, & O. Vaselli (Eds.), Neogene and related magmatism in the Carpatho-Pannonian Region (pp. 135-143). (Acta Vulcanologica; Vol. 7, No. 2).