Alexander V. Sobolev - Selected publications in reversed chronologic order #

Vezinet, V., Chugunov, A.V., Sobolev, A.V., Jain, C., Sobolev, S.V., Batanova, V.G., Asafov, A.V., Koshlyakova, A.N., Arndt, N.T., Danyushevsky, L.V., and John W. Valley (2025). Growth of continental crust and lithosphere subduction in the Hadean revealed by geochemistry and geodynamics. Nature Communications 16 (1), 3850. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59024-6

Vezinet, A., Flores-Rojas, J., Sobolev, A.V., Leger, J., Chugunov, A.V., Batanova, V.G., Elburg, M.A., Hofmann, A., Balvay, M., Paradis, N. (2025). Igneous apatite geochemistry indicates early cratonization of continents. Precambrian Research 430, 107927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107927

Kazzy, C., Sobolev, A.V., Vezinet, A., Batanova, V.G., Puchtel, I.S., Asafov, E.V., Hanski, E., Izokh, A.E., Danyushevsky, L.V., Ly, V.H., Pham-Ngoc, C., Anh, T.T., (2025). Strontium isotope and trace element compositions of olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Song Da ultramafic volcanic suite, northern Vietnam: Implications for chemical heterogeneity in mantle plumes. Chemical Geology 674, 122564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122564

Kazzy, C., Sobolev, A.V., Batanova, V.G., Asafov, E.V., Hanski, E., Puchtel, I.S., Izokh, A.E., Danyushevsky, L.V., Ly, V.H., Pham-Ngoc, C., Anh, T.T., (2024). Study of olivine-hosted melt and spinel inclusions from the Song Da ultramafic volcanic suite, northern Vietnam: Compositions, crystallization temperatures, and origin of the low-Ti komatiite-like and high-Ti primary melts. Chemical Geology 662, 122219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122219

Gavrilenko, M., Batanova,V.G., Llovet, X., Krasheninnikov, S. P., Koshlyakova, A. N. and A.V. Sobolev (2023). Secondary fluorescence effect quantification of EPMA analyses of olivine grains embedded in basaltic glass. Chemical Geology 621: 121328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121328

Koshlyakova, A. N., Sobolev, A. V., Krasheninnikov, S. P., Batanova, V. G. and A. A. Borisov (2022). Ni partitioning between olivine and highly alkaline melts: An experimental study. Chemical Geology 587: 120615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120615

Asafov, E. V., Sobolev, A. V., Batanova, V. G. and M. V. Portnyagin (2020). Chlorine in the Earth's Mantle as an Indicator of the Global Recycling of Oceanic Crust. Russian Geology and Geophysics 61(9): 937-950. https://doi.org/10.15372/RGG2020161

Sobolev, A.V., Asafov, E.V., Gurenko, A.A., Arndt, N.T., Batanova, V.G., Portnyagin, M.V., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Wilson, A.H., and Byerly, G.R. (2019). Deep hydrous mantle reservoir provides evidence for crustal recycling before 3.3 Gyr ago. Nature 571, 555-559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1399-5

Mazza, S. E., Gazel, E., Bizimis, M., Moucha, R., Béguelin, P., Johnson, E.A., McAleer, R., and A.V. Sobolev (2019). Sampling the Volatile Rich Transition Zone beneath Bermuda. Nature 569, 398-402. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1183-6

Batanova, V.B., Thompson, J.M., Danyushevsky, L.V., Portnyagin, M.V., Garbe-Schönberg , D., Hauri, E., Kimura, J.-I., Chang, Q., Senda, R., Goemann, K., Chauvel, C., Campillo, S., Ionov, D.A, and Sobolev, A.V. (2019). New Olivine reference material for in-situ microanalysis. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 43 (3), 453-473. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12266

Asafov, E. V., Sobolev, A. V., Gurenko, A. A., Arndt, N. T., Batanova, V. G., Portnyagin, M. V., Garbe-Schonberg, D. & Krasheninnikov, S. P. Belingwe komatiites (2.7 Ga) originate from a plume with moderate water content, as inferred from inclusions in olivine. (2018). Chemical Geology 478, 39-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.002

Gurenko, A.A. & Sobolev, A.V. (2018). Can Orthopyroxene be Present in the Source of Toro-Ankole, East African Rift, Kamafugites? Journal of Petrology 58, 1517-1550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egy069

Trela, J., Gazel, E., Sobolev, A. V., Moore, L., Bizimis, M., Jicha, B. & Batanova, V. G. (2017). The hottest lavas of the Phanerozoic and the survival of deep Archaean reservoirs. Nature Geoscience 10, 451-456+. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2954

Sobolev A.V., Asafov E.V., Gurenko A.A., Arndt N.T., Batanova V.G., Portnyagin M.V., Garbe-Schönberg D. and S. P. Krasheninnikov (2016). Komatiites reveal an Archean hydrous deep-mantle reservoir. Nature 531 (7596), 628-632. http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature17152

Batanova, V.G., Sobolev, A.V., and D.V. Kuzmin. (2015). Trace element analysis of olivine: High precision analytical method for JEOL JXA-8230 electron probe microanalyser. Chemical Geology 419, 149-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.10.042

Krivolutskaya, N.A., Sobolev, A.V., Mikhailov, V.N., Plechova, A.A, Kostitsyn, Y.A., Roschina I.A., Fekiacova, Z. (2012). Parental melt of the Nadezhdinsky Formation: Geochemistry, petrology and connection with Cu-Ni deposits (Noril'sk area, Russia). Chemical Geology 302, 87-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.022

Krivolutskaya, N.A., Sobolev, A.V., Snisar, S.G. et al., (2012). Mineralogy, geochemistry and stratigraphy of the Maslovsky Pt–Cu–Ni sulfide deposit, Noril’sk region, Russia: implications for relationship of ore-bearing intrusions and lavas. Mineralium Deposita 47 (1), 69-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00126-011-0372-5

Sobolev S.V., Sobolev A.V., Kuzmin D.V., Krivolutskaya N.A., Petrunin A.G., Arndt N.T., Radko V.A., Vasiliev Yu.R. (2011). Linking mantle plumes, large igneous provinces and environmental catastrophes. Nature 477, 312-316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10385

Sobolev, A.V., Hofmann, A.W., Jochum, K.P., Kuzmin, D.V. and Stoll. B. (2011). A young source for the Hawaiian plume. Nature 476, 434-437. http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature10321

Sobolev, A.V., Sobolev, S.V., Kuzmin, D.V., Malitch, K.N., and Petrunin A. I. (2009). Siberian meimechites: origin and relation to flood basalts and kimberlites. Russian Geology and Geophysics, 50 (12), 1-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rgg.2009.11.002

Sobolev, A.V., Krivolutskaya N.A., and Kuzmin, D.V. (2009). Petrology of the parental melts and mantle sources of Siberian trap magmatism. Petrology, 17 (3), 253-286.

Gurenko, A.A, Sobolev, A.V., Hoernle, K.A., Folkmar, H, and Schmincke, H-U. (2009). Enriched, HIMU-type peridotite and depleted recycled pyroxenite in the Canary plume: a mixed-up mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 277, 514-524.

Sobolev, A.V., Hofmann, A.W., Brügmann, G., Batanova, V. G. and Kuzmin, D.V. (2008). A quantitative link between recycling and osmium isotopes. Science, 321, 536. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1158452

Sobolev, A.V., Hofmann, A.W., Kuzmin, D.V. et al. (2007). The amount of recycled crust in sources of mantle-derived melts. Science, 316, 412-417. https://doi.org//10.1126/science.1138113

Yaxley, G.M. and Sobolev, A.V. (2007). High-pressure partial melting of gabbro and its role in the Hawaiian magma source. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 154 (4), 371-383.

Gurenko, A.A., and Sobolev, A.V. (2006). Crust-primitive magma interaction beneath neovolcanic rift zone of Iceland recorded in gabbro xenoliths from Midfell, SW Iceland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 151 (5), 495-520.

Sobolev, A.V., Hofmann, A.W., Sobolev, S.V., and Nikogosian, I.K. (2005). An olivine-free mantle source of Hawaiian shield basalts. Nature, 434, 590-597.

Kamenetsky, M.B., Sobolev, A.V., Kamenetsky, V.S., et al., (2004). Kimberlite melts rich in alkali chlorides and carbonates: a potent metasomatic agent in the mantle. Geology, 32, 845-848.

Danyushevsky, L. V., McNeill, A. W. and Sobolev, A. V. (2002). Experimental and petrological studies of melt inclusions in phenocrysts from mantle-derived magmas: an overview of techniques, advantages and complications. Chemical Geology 183, 5-24.

Sobolev, A.V., Hofmann, A. W. and Nikogosian, I. K. (2000). Recycled oceanic crust observed in 'ghost plagioclase' within the source of Mauna Loa lavas. Nature, 404, 986-990.

Batanova, V. G. and Sobolev, A. V. (2000) Compositional heterogeneity in subduction-related mantle peridotites, Troodos massif, Cyprus. Geology, 28, 55-58.

Batanova, V.G., Suhr, G., and A.V. Sobolev (1998). Origin of geochemical heterogeneity in the mantle peridotites from the Bay of Islands ophiolite, Newfoundland, Canada: ion probe study of clinopyroxenes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62, 853-866.

Sobolev, A.V., and Chaussidon, M. (1996). H2O concentrations in primary melts from supra-subduction zones and mid-ocean ridges: Implications for H2O storage and recycling in the mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 137, 45-55.

Sobolev A.V. (1996). Melt Inclusions in Minerals as a Source of Principal Petrologic Information. Petrology, 4, 209-220.

Sobolev A.V., and Danyushevsky L.V. (1994). Petrology and geochemistry of boninites from the north termination of the Tonga Trench: constraints on the generation conditions of primary high-Ca boninite magmas. Journal of Petrology, 35, 1183-1213.

Sobolev, A.V., and Nikogosian I.K. (1994). Petrology of long-lived mantle plume magmatism: Hawaii, Pacific and Reunion Island, Indian Ocean. Petrology, 2, 111-144.

Sobolev A.V., and Shimizu N. (1993). Ultra-depleted primary melt included in an olivine from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Nature, 363, 151-154.

Claoue-Long, J.C., Sobolev, N.V., Shatsky, V.S., and A.V. Sobolev. (1991). Zircon response to diamond-pressure metamorphism in the Kokchetav massif, USSR. Geology 19 (7), 710-713.

Sobolev, A.V., Sobolev, N.V., Smith, C.B., and J. Dubessy (1989). Fluid and melt compositions in lamproites and kimberlites based on the study of inclusions in olivine Proceedings of the 4th International Kimberlite Conference. Kimberlites and Related Rocks. 220-240.

Sobolev, A.V., LV Danyushevsky, L.V., Dmitriev, L.V., and N.M. Suschevskaya (1989). High-alumina magnesian tholeiite as the primary basalt magma at Midocean ridge.Geochem Int 26 (5), 128-133

Bougault, H., Dmitriev, L.V., Schilling, J-G., Sobolev, A.V., Joron J-L., and H.D. Needham (1988) Mantle heterogeneity from trace elements: MAR triple junction near 14 N. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 88 (1-2), 27-36.

Sobolev, A.V., Slutskii, A.B. (1984). Composition and crystallization conditions of the initial melt of the Siberian meimechites in relation to the general problem of ultrabasic magmas Geologiya i Geofizika (Soviet Geology and Geophysics) 25 (12), 97-110.

Sobolev, A.V., Dmitriev, L.V., Barsukov, V.L., Nevsorov, V.N., and A.B. Slutskii (1980). The formation conditions of the high-magnesium olivines from the monomineralic fraction of Luna 24 regolith. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 11th, Houston, TX, March 17-21, 1980, Proceedings. Volume 1.(A82-22251 09-91) New York, Pergamon Press, 1980, p. 105-116.