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Journal Article
Arc magmas sourced from mélange diapirs in subduction zones
2012
Overview
At subduction zones, crustal material enters the mantle. Some of this material, however, is returned to the overriding plate through volcanic and plutonic activity. Magmas erupted above subduction zones show a characteristic range of compositions that reflect mixing in the magma source region between three components: hydrous fluids derived from the subducted oceanic crust, components of the thin veneer of subducted sediments and peridotite mantle rocks. The mechanism for mixing and transport of these components has been enigmatic. A combination of results from the fields of petrology, numerical modelling, geophysics and geochemistry suggests a two-step process. First, intensely mixed metamorphic rock formations—mélanges—form along the interface between the subducted slab and the mantle. As the mélange contains the characteristic three-component geochemical pattern of subduction-zone magmas, we suggest that mélange formation provides the physical mixing process. Then, blobs of low-density mélange material—diapirs—rise buoyantly from the surface of the subducting slab and transport the well-mixed mélange material into the mantle beneath the volcanoes.
Magma erupted at subduction-zone volcanoes contains mantle rocks and a mixture of fluids and sediments derived from the subducted slab. A synthesis of work over past years provides an integrated physico-chemical framework for subduction zones with mixing at the slab–mantle interface and transport towards the surface volcanoes by buoyant diapirs.
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Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
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