Philip Leat
E Fellow
Biography
Profile
- Fundamental contributions in volcanic geochemistry and expertise in igneous petrology, marine geology, marine bathymetry, volcanic processes, submarine volcanism
- Extensive contributions to geological knowledge of Antarctica and the South Atlantic
- Over 100 peer-reviewed papers/book chapters. Two edited books
- Extensive editorial experience: Editor, Geological Magazine 2010-2015, and Books Series Editor, Geological Society London 2003-present
- Six marine science cruises to Antarctica (Principle Scientist on three). Seven terrestrial geology field projects in Antarctica
- Developed and delivered training to over 130 scientists in grant proposal writing
- Reports to industry on volcanic geochemistry
Professional Experience
2013-present Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Geology, University of Leicester, UK
2013-present Honorary Research Fellow, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
2009-2013 Science Programme Co-ordinator, Science Programme on Environmental Change & Evolution, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
2005-2009 Group Head (Deputy Division Head), Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
1995-2005 Leadership of several geology/geophysics projects and programmes on continental rifting and active margins, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
1990 Senior Geochemist, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
1989 Royal Society European Exchange Fellow, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
1987 Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Durham
1985 Research Assistant, Department of Geology, Imperial College, London
1984 Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, Open University
Degrees
1983 PhD University of Lancaster (UK). Thesis title: The structural and geochemical evolution of Menengai caldera volcano, Kenya rift valley
1978 BSc Geology First class (Honours), University of Wales, Cardiff (UK)
Research interests
Volcanic geochemistry, volcanic processes, igneous petrology, tectonic processes, marine geology, continental rifts, subduction settings, ancient volcanic systems
Collaborations
Extensive collaborations nationally and internationally with geologists and geophysicists
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2024
Smellie, John L., Leat, Philip T.. (2024) Geological evolution and construction of a glacierized active intra-oceanic arc volcano: Visokoi Island (South Sandwich Islands). Bulletin of Volcanology, 86 (). 31 pp. 10.1007/s00445-024-01784-y
2023
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Carter, Andrew, Leat, Philip T.. (2023) Cretaceous – Paleogene tectonic reconstructions of the South Scotia Ridge and implications for the initiation of subduction in the Scotia Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, 180 (). 10 pp. 10.1144/jgs2023-013
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Flowerdew, Michael J., Poblete, Fernando, Castillo, Paula, Hervé, Francisco, Leat, Philip T., Millar, Ian L., Bastias, Joaquin, Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2023) Palaeozoic – Early Mesozoic geological history of the Antarctic Peninsula and correlations with Patagonia: Kinematic reconstructions of the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Earth-Science Reviews, 236 (). pp. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104265
2022
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Carter, Andrew, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Bown, Paul R.. (2022) Crustal block origins of the South Scotia Ridge. Terra Nova, 34 (). 8 pp. 10.1111/ter.12613
Leat, Philip T., Ross, Aidan J., Gibson, Sally A.. (2022) Ultramafic mantle xenoliths in the Late Cenozoic Volcanic rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula and Jones Mountains, West Antarctica. In: Martin, A.P., van der Wal, W. (eds.). The Geochemistry and Geophysics of the Antarctic Mantle, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Memoirs of the Geological Society, ). 10.1144/M56-2019-44
2021
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Halton, Alison M.. (2021) Geochronology and geochemistry of the South Scotia Ridge: Miocene island arc volcanism of the Scotia Sea. Global and Planetary Change, 205 (). 12 pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103615
Leat, Philip T., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley. (2021) Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: Volcanology (Chapter 3.1a). In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M55-2018-52
Leat, Philip T., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley. (2021) Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: Petrology (Chapter 3.1b). In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M55-2018-68
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T.. (2021) Palmer Land and Graham Land volcanic groups (Antarctic Peninsula): Petrology (Chapter 2.2b). In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up, London, The Geological Society, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M55-2018-51
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T.. (2021) Palmer Land and Graham Land volcanic groups (Antarctic Peninsula): Volcanology (Chapter 2.2a). In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M55-2018-36
Leat, Philip T., Ross, Aidan J., Gibson, Sally A.. (2021) Ultramafic mantle xenoliths in the Late Cenozoic Volcanic rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula and Jones Mountains, West Antarctica. In: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A. (eds.). The Antarctic Mantle, London, The Geological Society London, pp. (Memoirs of the Geological Society, ). 10.1144/M56-2019-44
2020
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Flowerdew, Michael J., Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Millar, Ian L., Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2020) Cretaceous arc volcanism of Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula: Zircon U-Pb geochronology. geochemistry, distribution and field relationships. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 401 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.106969
Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Jordan, Tom ORCID record for Tom Jordan, Leat, Philip, Curtis, Mike L., Millar, Ian. (2020) Magmatism of the Weddell Sea rift system in Antarctica: Implications for the age and mechanism of rifting and early stage Gondwana breakup. Gondwana Research, 79 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gr.2019.09.014
2019
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Carter, Andrew, Leat, Philip T., Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Bastias, Joaquin, Spikings, Richard A., Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Bristow, Charlie S.. (2019) Geochronology and geochemistry of the northern Scotia Sea: a revised interpretation of the North and West Scotia ridge junction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 518 (). pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.031
Bohoyo, Fernando, Larter, Robert ORCID record for Robert Larter, Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesús, Leat, Philip, Maldonado, Andrés, Tate, Alexander ORCID record for Alexander Tate, Flexas, Mar, Gowland, Elanor, Arndt, Jan, Dorschel, Boris, Yeadong, Kim, Jongkuk, Hong, López-Martinez, J., Maestro, Adolfo, Bermúdez, Óscar, Nitsche, Frank O., Livermore, Roy A., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley. (2019) Morphological and geological features of Drake Passage, Antarctica, from a new digital bathymetric model. Journal of Maps, 15 (). pp. 10.1080/17445647.2018.1543618
2018
Leat, Philip T., Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Jordan, Flowerdew, Michael J., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2018) Jurassic high heat production granites associated with the Weddell Sea rift system, Antarctica.. Tectonophysics, 722 (). pp. 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.11.011
2017
Jordan, Tom ORCID record for Tom Jordan, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Leat, Philip. (2017) New geophysical compilations link crustal block motion to Jurassic extension and strike-slip faulting in the Weddell Sea Rift System of West Antarctica. Gondwana Research, 42 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gr.2016.09.009
Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Flowerdew, M.J., Pankhurst, R.J., Leat, P.T., Millar, I.L, Fanning, C.M., Whitehouse, M.J.. (2017) A revised geochronology of Thurston Island, West Antarctica and correlations along the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Antarctic Science, 29 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102016000341
2016
Leat, Philip T., Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Martin, Tara J., Smellie, John L., Jokat, Wilfred, Bohrmann, Gerhard. (2016) Bathymetry and geological setting of the South Sandwich Islands volcanic arc. Antarctic Science, 28 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102016000043
Gales, J.A. ORCID record for J.A. Gales, Larter, R.A. ORCID record for R.A. Larter, Leat, P.T.. (2016) Iceberg ploughmarks and associated sediment ridges on the southern Weddell Sea margin. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.11
Bohoyo, F., Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Galindo-Zaldivar, J., Leat, P.T., Maldonado, A., Tate, A.J. ORCID record for A.J. Tate, Gowland, E.J.M., Arndt, J.E., Dorschel, B., Kim, Y.D., Hong, J.K., Flexas, M.M., Lopez-Martinez, J., Maestro, A., Bermudez, O., Nitsche, F.O., Livermore, R.A., Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley. (2016) Bathymetry and geological setting of the Drake Passage. BAS GEOMAP 2 Series, . Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey.
Gales, J.A. ORCID record for J.A. Gales, Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T.. (2016) Submarine gullies on the southern Weddell Sea slope, Antarctica. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, 46). doi:10.1144/M46.12
Gales, J.A. ORCID record for J.A. Gales, Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T., Jokat, W.. (2016) Components of an Antarctic trough-mouth fan: examples from the Crary Fan, Weddell Sea. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, 46). 10.1144/M46.82
2015
Maldonado, Andrés, Dalziel, Ian W.D., Leat, Philip T.. (2015) The global relevance of the Scotia Arc: An introduction. Global and Planetary Change, 125 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.06.011
2014
Maldonado, Andrés, Dalziel, Ian, Leat, Phil. (2014) [Preface]. Global and Planetary Change, 123 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.11.006
Owen, Matthew J, Day, Simon J, Leat, Philip T, Tate, Alex J ORCID record for Alex J Tate, Martin, Tara J. (2014) Control of sedimentation by active tectonics, glaciation and contourite-depositing currents in Endurance Basin, South Georgia. Global and Planetary Change, 123 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.003
Pearce, J.A., Hastie, A.R., Leat, P.T., Dalziel, I.W., Lawver, L.A., Barker, P.F., Millar, I.L., Barry, T.L., Bevins, R.E.. (2014) Composition and evolution of the Ancestral South Sandwich Arc: implications for the flow of deep ocean water and mantle through the Drake Passage gateway. Global and Planetary Change, 123B (). pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.017
Jordan, T. A. ORCID record for T. A. Jordan, Neale, R. F., Leat, P. T., Vaughan, A. P. M., Flowerdew, M. J., Riley, T. R., Whitehouse, M. J., Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for F. Ferraccioli. (2014) Structure and evolution of Cenozoic arc magmatism on the Antarctic Peninsula: a high resolution aeromagnetic perspective. Geophysical Journal International, 198 (). pp. doi:10.1093/gji/ggu233
Gales, J.A., Leat, P.T., Larter, R.T. ORCID record for R.T. Larter, Kuhn, G., Hillenbrand, C.-D. ORCID record for C.-D. Hillenbrand, Graham, A.G.C., Mitchell, N.D., Tate, A.J. ORCID record for A.J. Tate, Buys, G.B., Jokat, W.. (2014) Large-scale submarine landslides, channel and gully systems on the southern Weddell Sea margin, Antarctica. Marine Geology, 348 (). pp. 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.12.002
Leat, Philip T., Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Martin, T.J., Smellie, J.K., Jokat, W., Bohrmann, G.. (2014) Bathymetry and geological setting of the South Sandwich Islands Volcanic Arc. BAS GEOMAP 2, . Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey.
2013
Marschall, Horst R., Hawkesworth, Chris J., Leat, Philip T.. (2013) Mesoproterozoic subduction under the eastern edge of the Kalahari-Grunehogna Craton preceding Rodinia assembly: the Ritscherflya detrital zircon record, Ahlmannryggen (Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica). Precambrian Research, 236 (). pp. 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.07.006
Leat, Philip T., Day, Simon J., Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Martin, Tara J., Owen, Matthew J., Tappin, David R.. (2013) Volcanic evolution of the South Sandwich volcanic arc, South Atlantic, from multibeam bathymetry. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 265 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.08.013
Maldonado, Andrés, Dalziel, Ian, Leat, Philip T.. (2013) Understanding the evolution of the Scotia Arc. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94 (). pp. 10.1002/2013EO310004
Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Jordan, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Ross, Neil, Corr, Hugh F.J., Leat, Philip T., Bingham, Rob G., Rippin, David M., le Brocq, Anne, Siegert, Martin J.. (2013) Inland extent of the Weddell Sea Rift imaged by new aerogeophysical data. Tectonophysics, 585 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.010
2012
Flowerdew, Michael, Tyrrell, Shane, Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Whitehouse, Michael, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Leat, Philip, Marschall, Horst R.. (2012) Distinguishing East and West Antarctic sediment sources using the Pb isotope composition of detrital K-feldspar. Chemical Geology, 292 (). pp. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.006
Johnson, Joanne S. ORCID record for Joanne S. Johnson, Everest, Jeremy, Leat, Philip T., Golledge, Nicholas, Rood, Dylan H., Stuart, Finlay M.. (2012) The deglacial history of NW Alexander Island, Antarctica, from surface exposure dating. Quaternary Research, 77 (). pp. 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.11.012
Leat, Philip T.. (2012) Geology of Graham Land. In: Fox, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Fox (eds.). Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, pp.
Vaughan, Alan P.M., Leat, Philip T., Dean, Alison A., Millar, Ian L.. (2012) Crustal thickening along the West Antarctic Gondwana margin during mid-Cretaceous deformation of the Triassic intra-oceanic Dyer Arc. Lithos, 142-143 (). pp. 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.03.008
2011
Haase, K.M., Beier, C., Fretzdorff, S., Leat, Philip T., Livermore, R.A., Barry, T.L., Pearce, J.A., Hauff, F.. (2011) Magmatic evolution of a dying spreading axis: evidence for the interaction of tectonics and mantle heterogeneity from the fossil Phoenix Ridge, Drake Passage. Chemical Geology, 280 (). pp. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.002
Macdonald, R., Baginski, B., Leat, Philip T., White, J.C., Dzierzanowski, P.. (2011) Mineral stability in peralkaline silicic rocks: information from trachytes of the Menengai volcano, Kenya. Lithos, 125 (). pp. 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.03.011
Tonarini, Sonia, Leeman, William P., Leat, Philip T.. (2011) Subduction erosion of forearc mantle wedge implicated in the genesis of the South Sandwich Island (SSI) arc: Evidence from boron isotope systematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301 (). pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.008
2010
Leat, Philip T., Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Tappin, David R., Day, Simon J., Owen, Matthew J.. (2010) Growth and mass wasting of volcanic centers in the northern South Sandwich arc, South Atlantic, revealed by new multibeam mapping. Marine Geology, 275 (). pp. 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.05.001
Luttinen, Arto V., Leat, Philip T., Furnes, Harald. (2010) Björnnutane and Sembberget basalt lavas and the geochemical provinciality of Karoo magmatism in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 198 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.07.011
Marschall, Horst R., Hawkesworth, Chris J., Storey, Craig D., Dhuime, Bruno, Leat, Philip T., Meyer, Hans-Peter, Tamm-Buckle, Sune. (2010) The Annandagstoppane granite, East Antarctica: evidence for Archaean intracrustal recycling in the Kaapvaal-Grunehogna Craton from zircon O and Hf isotopes. Journal of Petrology, 51 (). pp. 10.1093/petrology/egq057
2009
Leat, Philip, Flowerdew, Michael, Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Whitehouse, M.J., Scarrow, J.H., Millar, Ian. (2009) Zircon U-Pb dating of Mesozoic volcanic and tectonic events in northwest Palmer Land and southwest Graham Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 21 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102009990320
Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Curtis, M.L., Leat, P.T., Millar, I.L.. (2009) The geochemistry of Middle Jurassic dykes associated with the Straumsvola-Tvora alkaline plutons, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica and their association with the Karoo large igneous province. Mineralogical Magazine, 73 (). pp. 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.2.205
2008
Curtis, Michael L., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Owens, William H., Leat, Philip T., Duncan, Robert A.. (2008) The form, distribution and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of Jurassic dykes in H.U. Sverdrupfjella, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Implications for dyke swarm emplacement. Journal of Structural Geology, 30 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.08.004
Leat, Philip T.. (2008) On the long-distance transport of Ferrar magmas. In: Thomson, K., Petford, N. (eds.). Structure and emplacement of high-level magmatic systems, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society special publication, 302). doi:10.1144/SP302.4
2007
Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Jones, P.C., Leat, Philip, Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Jordan. (2007) Airborne geophysics as a tool for geoscientific research in Antarctica: some recent examples. In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R. (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007, , National Academy Press, 4 pp. 10.3133/of2007-1047.srp056
Leat, P.T., Curtis, M.L., Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for F. Ferraccioli. (2007) Jurassic magmatism in Dronning Maud Land: synthesis of results of the MAMOG project. In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R. (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007., , U.S. Geological Survey and National Academies Press, 4 pp. (U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report, ). 10.3133/of2007-1047.srp033
Leat, P.T., Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Millar, I.L.. (2007) Silicic magmas of Protector Shoal, South Sandwich arc: indicators of generation of primitive continental crust in an island arc. Geological Magazine, 144 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0016756806002925
Luttinen, A.V., Leat, P.T.. (2007) A revised geochemical grouping of Gondwana LIP: distinctive sources and processes at the Weddell and Limpopo triple junctions. In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R., ISAES Editorial Team, . (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007, , U.S. Geological Survey, National Academy Press, 4 pp. (U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, ).
2006
Barry, T.L., Pearce, J.A., Leat, P.T., Millar, I.L., le Roex, A.P.. (2006) Hf isotope evidence for selective mobility of high-field-strength elements in a subduction setting: South Sandwich Islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 252 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.034
Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for F. Ferraccioli, Jones, P.C., Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Dean, A.. (2006) New aerogeophysical view of the Antarctic Peninsula: more pieces, less puzzle. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (). 4 pp. 10.1029/2005GL024636
Leat, Philip, Lutinnen, A.V., Storey, B.C., Millar, Ian. (2006) Sills of the Theron Mountains, Antarctica : evidence for long distance transport of mafic magmas during Gondwana break-up. In: Hanski, E., Mertanen, S., Ramo, T., Vuollo, J. (eds.). Dyke swarms : time markers of crustal evolution, London, UK, Taylor and Francis, pp.
Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Curtis, M.L., Leat, P.T., Watkeys, M.K., Duncan, R.A., Millar, I.L., Owens, W.H.. (2006) Overlap of Karoo and Ferrar magma types in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of Petrology, 47 (). pp. doi:10.1093/petrology/egi085
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T., Curtis, Michael L.. (2006) Karoo large igneous province: brevity, origin, and relation to mass extinction questioned by new 40Ar/39Ar age data: comment. Geology: Online Forum, 2006 (). pp. doi:10.1130/G22380C.1
2005
. ; Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Pankhurst, R.J. (eds.). (2005) Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana. , London, Geological Society of London, 446 pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, 246).
Adams, C.J., Pankhurst, R.J., Maas, R., Millar, I.L.. (2005) Nd and Sr isotopic signatures of metasedimentary rocks around the South Pacific margin and implications for their provenance. In: Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Pankhurst, R.J. (eds.). Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society of London Special Publication, ). 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.04
Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for F. Ferraccioli, Jones, P.C., Curtis, M.L., Leat, P.T.. (2005) Subglacial imprints of early Gondwana break-up as identified from high resolution aerogeophysical data over western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Terra Nova, 17 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00651.x
Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for F. Ferraccioli, Jones, P.C., Curtis, M.L., Leat, P.T., Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley. (2005) Tectonic and magmatic patterns in the Jutulstraumen rift (?) region, East Antarctica, as imaged by high-resolution aeromagnetic data. Earth, Planets and Space, 57 (). pp.
Leat, P.T., Dean, A.A., Millar, I.L., Kelley, S.P., Vaughan, A.P.M., Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley. (2005) Lithospheric mantle domains beneath Antarctica. In: Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Pankhurst, R.J. (eds.). Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana, London, UK, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society of London special publication, ). 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.15
Leat, Philip T.. (2005) Review of Atlas of Antarctica: topographic maps from geostatistical analysis of satellite radar altimeter data, by U.C. Herzfeld. Berlin, Springer, 2004. Geological Magazine, 142 (). pp.
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T., Curtis, Michael L., Millar, Ian L., Duncan, Robert A., Fazel, Adela. (2005) Early–Middle Jurassic dolerite dykes from western Dronning Maud Land (Antarctica): identifying mantle sources in the Karoo Large Igneous Province. Journal of Petrology, 46 (). pp. doi:10.1093/petrology/egi023
Thompson, R.N., Ottley, C.J., Smith, P.M., Pearson, D.G., Dickin, A.P., Morrison, M.A., Leat, P.T., Gibson, S.A.. (2005) Source of the Quaternary alkalic basalts, picrites and basanites of the Potrillo Volcanic Field, New Mexico, USA: lithosphere or convecting mantle?. Journal of Petrology, 46 (). pp. doi:10.1093/petrology/egi028
Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Pankhurst, R.J.. (2005) Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana: introduction. In: Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Pankhurst, R.J. (eds.). Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, ). doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.01
Vaughan, A.P.M., Livermore, R.A.. (2005) Episodicity of Mesozoic terrane accretion along the Pacific margin of Gondwana: implications for superplume–plate interactions.. In: Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T., Pankhurst, R.J. (eds.). Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society special publication, ). doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.05
2004
Leat, P.T., Pearce, J.A., Barker, P.F., Millar, I.L., Barry, T.L., Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter. (2004) Magma genesis and mantle flow at a subducting slab edge: the South Sandwich arc-basin system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 227 (). pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.016
Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Millar, I.L., Watkeys, M.K., Curtis, M.L., Leat, P.T., Klausen, M.B., Fanning, C.M.. (2004) U-Pb zircon (SHRIMP) ages for the Lebombo rhyolites, South Africa: refining the duration of Karoo volcanism. Journal of the Geological Society, 161 (). pp. 10.1144/0016-764903-181
2003
. ; Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T. (eds.). (2003) Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes. , London, Geological Society of London, 352 pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, 219).
Harrison, D., Leat, P.T., Burnard, P.G., Turner, G., Fretzdorff, S., Millar, I.. (2003) Resolving mantle components in oceanic lavas from segment E2 of the East Scotia back-arc ridge, South Sandwich Islands. In: Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T. (eds.). Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, ). 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.219.01.16
Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Vanneste, Lieve E., Morris, Peter, Smythe, David K.. (2003) Structure and tectonic evolution of the South Sandwich arc. In: Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T. (eds.). Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, ).
Leat, P.T., Larter, R.D.. (2003) Intra-oceanic subduction systems: introduction. In: Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T. (eds.). Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, ).
Leat, P.T., Smellie, J.L., Millar, I.L., Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter. (2003) Magmatism in the South Sandwich arc. In: Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Leat, P.T. (eds.). Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, ).
Livermore, Roy. (2003) Back-arc spreading and mantle flow in the East Scotia Sea. In: Larter, R.D., Leat, P.T. (eds.). Intra-oceanic subduction systems: tectonic and magmatic processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, ).
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T., Kelley, Simon P., Millar, Ian L., Thirlwall, Matthew F.. (2003) Thinning of the Antarctic Peninsula lithosphere through the Mesozoic: evidence from Middle Jurassic basaltic lavas. Lithos, 67 (). pp. 10.1016/S0024-4937(02)00266-9
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T., Storey, Bryan C., Parkinson, Ian J., Millar, Ian L.. (2003) Ultramafic lamprophyres of the Ferrar large igneous province: evidence for a HIMU mantle component. Lithos, 66 (). pp. 10.1016/S0024-4937(02)00213-X
2002
Bryan, Scott E., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Jerram, Dougal A., Stephens, Christopher J., Leat, Philip T.. (2002) Silicic volcanism: an undervalued component of large igneous provinces and volcanic rifted margins. In: Menzies, M.A., Klemperer, S.L., Ebinger, C.J., Baker, J. (eds.). Volcanic rifted margins, Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, pp. (Geological Society of America special paper, ).
Fretzdorff, S., Livermore, R.A., Devey, C.W., Leat, Philip T., Stoffers, P.. (2002) Petrogenesis of the back-arc East Scotia Ridge, South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Petrology, 43 (). pp. 10.1093/petrology/43.8.1435
Leat, P.T., Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Wareham, C.D., Millar, I.L., Kelley, S.P., Storey, B.C.. (2002) Tectonic setting of primitive magmas in volcanic arcs: an example from the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of the Geological Society, 159 (). pp. 10.1144/0016-764900-132
2001
Pearce, J.A., Leat, P.T., Barker, P.F., Millar, I.L.. (2001) Geochemical tracing of Pacific-to-Atlantic upper-mantle flow through the Drake passage. Nature, 410 (). pp. 10.1038/35068542
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T., Pankhurst, Robert J., Harris, Chris. (2001) Origins of large volume rhyolitic volcanism in the Antarctic Peninsula and Patagonia by crustal melting. Journal of Petrology, 42 (). pp. 10.1093/petrology/42.6.1043
2000
Leat, P.T., Livermore, R.A., Millar, I.L., Pearce, J.A.. (2000) Magma supply in back-arc spreading segment E2, East Scotia Ridge. Journal of Petrology, 41 (). pp. 10.1093/petrology/41.6.845
Leat, P.T., Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Storey, B.C., Kelley, S.P., Millar, I.L.. (2000) Middle Jurassic ultramafic lamprophyre dyke within the Ferrar magmatic province, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mineralogical Magazine, 64 (). pp.
Pearce, J.A., Barker, P.F., Edwards, S.J., Parkinson, I.J., Leat, P.T.. (2000) Geochemistry and tectonic significance of peridotites from the South Sandwich arc-basin system, South Atlantic. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 139 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s004100050572
1999
Curtis, Michael L., Leat, Philip T., Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Storey, Bryan C., Millar, Ian L., Randall, Darren E.. (1999) Middle Cambrian rift-related volcanism in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica: tectonic implications for the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Tectonophysics, 304 (). pp. doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00033-5
Macdonald, D.I.M., Leat, P.T., Doubleday, P.A., Kelly, S.R.A.. (1999) On the origin of fore-arc basins: new evidence of formation by rifting from the Jurassic of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Terra Nova, 11 (). pp. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3121.1999.00244.x
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Leat, Philip T.. (1999) Large volume silicic volcanism along the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana: lithological and stratigraphical investigations from the Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Magazine, 136 (). pp.
Storey, Bryan C., Leat, Philip T., Weaver, Stephen D., Pankhurst, Robert J., Bradshaw, John D., Kelley, Simon. (1999) Mantle plumes and Antarctica-New Zealand rifting: evidence from mid-Cretaceous mafic dykes. Journal of the Geological Society, 156 (). pp. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0659
1998
Larter, R. D. ORCID record for R. D. Larter, King, E.C. ORCID record for E.C. King, Leat, P. T., Reading, A. M., Smellie, J. L., Smythe, D. K.. (1998) South Sandwich slices reveal much about arc structure, geodynamics, and composition. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 79 (). pp. doi:10.1029/98EO00207
Mahoney, J. J., Frei, R., Tejada, M. L. G., Mo, X. X., Leat, P. T., NaGler, T. F.. (1998) Tracing the Indian Ocean mantle domain through time: isotopic results from old west Indian, east Tethyan, and south Pacific seafloor. Journal of Petrology, 39 (). pp. doi:10.1093/petroj/39.7.1285
Pankhurst, R.J, Leat, P.T., Sruoga, P, Rapela, C.W, Márquez, M, Storey, B.C, Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley. (1998) The Chon Aike province of Patagonia and related rocks in West Antarctica: A silicic large igneous province. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 81 (). pp. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(97)00070-X
Smellie, J.L., Morris, P., Leat, P.T., Turner, D.B., Houghton, D.. (1998) Submarine caldera and other volcanic observations in Southern Thule, South Sandwich Islands. Antarctic Science, 10 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0954102098000224
Wareham, Christopher D., Millar, Ian L., Scarrow, Jane H., Leat, Philip T.. (1998) Geochemistry of mafic dykes in the Antarctic Peninsula continental-margin batholith: a record of arc evolution. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 131 (). pp. 10.1007/s004100050394
1997
Scarrow, J.H., Vaughan, A.P.M., Leat, P.T.. (1997) Ridge-trench collision-induced switching of arc tectonics and magma sources: clues from Antarctic Peninsula mafic dykes. Terra Nova, 9 (). pp. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.1997.tb00024.x
Thistlewood, L., Leat, P. T., Millar, I. L., Storey, B. C., Vaughan, A. P. M.. (1997) Basement geology and Palaeozoic–Mesozoic mafic dykes from the Cape Meredith Complex, Falkland Islands: a record of repeated intracontinental extension. Geological Magazine, 134 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0016756897007085
Leat, P.T., Scarrow, J.H., Wareham, C.D.. (1997) A model for Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous Antarctic Peninsula plutonism. In: Ricci, C.A. (eds.). The Antarctic Regions: geological evolution and processes, Siena, Terra Antartica Publication, pp.
Scarrow, J.H., Leat, P.T., Wareham, C.D., Millar, I.L.. (1997) Mantle sources for Cretaceous-Tertiary mafic magmatism in the Antarctic Peninsula. In: Ricci, C.A. (eds.). The Antarctic regions: geological evolution and processes, Siena, Italy, Terra Antartica Publication, pp.
1996
Scarrow, Jane H., Pankhurst, R.J., Leat, P.T., Vaughan, A.P.M.. (1996) Antarctic Peninsula granitoid petrogenesis: a case study from Mount Charity, north-eastern Palmer Land. Antarctic Science, 8 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0954102096000260
1995
Leat, P. T., Scarrow, J. H., Millar, I. L.. (1995) On the Antarctic Peninsula batholith. Geological Magazine, 132 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0016756800021464
Leat, Philip T.. ; Ricci, C.A. (eds.). (1995) The geology of Antarctica. , Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 15 pp.
Wever, H. E., Storey, B. C., Leat, P.. (1995) Peraluminous granites in NE Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula: early Mesozoic crustal melting in a magmatic arc. Journal of the Geological Society, 152 (). pp. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.152.1.0085
1994
Leat, Philip T., Scarrow, Jane H.. (1994) Central volcanoes as sources for the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group. Antarctic Science, 6 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0954102094000568
Doubleday, P. A., Leat, P. T., Alabaster, T., Nell, P. A. R., Tranter, T. H.. (1994) Allochthonous oceanic basalts within the Mesozoic accretionary complex of Alexander Island, Antarctica: remnants of proto-Pacific oceanic crust. Journal of the Geological Society, 151 (). pp. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.151.1.0065
Leat, P.T.. (1994) British geological research in Antarctica. Bulletin of the Mineralogical Society, 103 (). pp.
1993
Leat, Philip T., Storey, Bryan C., Pankhurst, Robert J.. (1993) Geochemistry of Palaeozoic–Mesozoic Pacific rim orogenic magmatism, Thurston Island area, West Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 5 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102093000380
1992
Leat, Philip. (1992) Magmatism and the causes of continental break-up. Journal of the Geological Society, 149 (). pp. 10.1144/gsjgs.149.4.0669
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