A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield
The plate tectonic cycle produces chemically distinct mid-ocean ridge basalts and arc volcanics, with the latter enriched in elements such as Ba, Rb, Th, Sr and Pb and depleted in Nb owing to the water-rich flux from the subducted slab. Basalts from back-arc basins, with intermediate compositions, s...
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ftchacadscgigcas:oai:ir.gig.ac.cn:344008/63067 2023-05-15T15:09:31+02:00 A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield Yang, A. Y. Langmuir, C. H. Cai, Y. Michael, P. Goldstein, S. L. Chen, Z. 2021-08-06 http://ir.gig.ac.cn/handle/344008/63067 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25027-2 英语 eng NATURE PORTFOLIO NATURE COMMUNICATIONS http://ir.gig.ac.cn/handle/344008/63067 doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25027-2 Science & Technology - Other Topics Multidisciplinary Sciences SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE TRACE-ELEMENT HETEROGENEITY BENEATH ISOTOPE EVIDENCE SR ISOTOPE MANTLE CRUST WATER FLOW ORIGIN 期刊论文 2021 ftchacadscgigcas https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25027-2 2022-03-27T20:33:10Z The plate tectonic cycle produces chemically distinct mid-ocean ridge basalts and arc volcanics, with the latter enriched in elements such as Ba, Rb, Th, Sr and Pb and depleted in Nb owing to the water-rich flux from the subducted slab. Basalts from back-arc basins, with intermediate compositions, show that such a slab flux can be transported behind the volcanic front of the arc and incorporated into mantle flow. Hence it is puzzling why melts of subduction-modified mantle have rarely been recognized in mid-ocean ridge basalts. Here we report the first mid-ocean ridge basalt samples with distinct arc signatures, akin to back-arc basin basalts, from the Arctic Gakkel Ridge. A new high precision dataset for 576 Gakkel samples suggests a pervasive subduction influence in this region. This influence can also be identified in Atlantic and Indian mid-ocean ridge basalts but is nearly absent in Pacific mid-ocean ridge basalts. Such a hemispheric-scale upper mantle heterogeneity reflects subduction modification of the asthenospheric mantle which is incorporated into mantle flow, and whose geographical distribution is controlled dominantly by a "subduction shield" that has surrounded the Pacific Ocean for 180 Myr. Simple modeling suggests that a slab flux equivalent to similar to 13% of the output at arcs is incorporated into the convecting upper mantle. Report Arctic Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry: GIG OpenIR (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Arctic Gakkel Ridge ENVELOPE(90.000,90.000,87.000,87.000) Indian Pacific Nature Communications 12 1 |
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The plate tectonic cycle produces chemically distinct mid-ocean ridge basalts and arc volcanics, with the latter enriched in elements such as Ba, Rb, Th, Sr and Pb and depleted in Nb owing to the water-rich flux from the subducted slab. Basalts from back-arc basins, with intermediate compositions, show that such a slab flux can be transported behind the volcanic front of the arc and incorporated into mantle flow. Hence it is puzzling why melts of subduction-modified mantle have rarely been recognized in mid-ocean ridge basalts. Here we report the first mid-ocean ridge basalt samples with distinct arc signatures, akin to back-arc basin basalts, from the Arctic Gakkel Ridge. A new high precision dataset for 576 Gakkel samples suggests a pervasive subduction influence in this region. This influence can also be identified in Atlantic and Indian mid-ocean ridge basalts but is nearly absent in Pacific mid-ocean ridge basalts. Such a hemispheric-scale upper mantle heterogeneity reflects subduction modification of the asthenospheric mantle which is incorporated into mantle flow, and whose geographical distribution is controlled dominantly by a "subduction shield" that has surrounded the Pacific Ocean for 180 Myr. Simple modeling suggests that a slab flux equivalent to similar to 13% of the output at arcs is incorporated into the convecting upper mantle. |
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A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield |
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A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield |
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A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield |
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A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield |
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A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield |
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subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the pacific subduction shield |
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