Geochemistry of subduction zone serpentinites: A review

F Deschamps, M Godard, S Guillot, K Hattori - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Over the last decades, numerous studies have emphasized the role of serpentinites in the
subduction zone geodynamics. Their presence and role in subduction environments are …

Element recycling from subducting slabs to arc crust: A review

C Spandler, C Pirard - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Subduction zones not only return oceanic lithosphere into the mantle, but are also sites
where chemical components are transferred from the downgoing plate back to the surface in …

Subduction factory: 4. Depth‐dependent flux of H2O from subducting slabs worldwide

PE Van Keken, BR Hacker… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A recent global compilation of the thermal structure of subduction zones is used to predict
the metamorphic facies and H2O content of downgoing slabs. Our calculations indicate that …

Devolatilization during subduction

M Schmidt, S Poli - Treatise on geochemistry: vol. 4: the crust, 2013 - air.unimi.it
Subducted crust refertilizes the subarc mantle wedge as well as the deep convecting mantle.
In the subarc region, mass transfer occurs mainly through fluids, melts, or supercritical …

Geochemistry of continental subduction-zone fluids

YF Zheng, J Hermann - Earth, Planets and Space, 2014 - Springer
The composition of continental subduction-zone fluids varies dramatically from dilute
aqueous solutions at subsolidus conditions to hydrous silicate melts at supersolidus …

Partial melting, fluid supercriticality and element mobility in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks during continental collision

YF Zheng, QX Xia, RX Chen, XY Gao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Partial melting at continental lithosphere depths plays an important role in generating
geochemical variations in igneous rocks. In particular, dehydration melting of ultrahigh …

H2O subduction beyond arcs

BR Hacker - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The amount of H2O subducted to postarc depths dictates such disparate factors as the
generation of arc and back‐arc magmas, the rheology of the mantle wedge and slab, and …

Petrogenesis of post-orogenic syenites in the Sulu Orogenic Belt, East China: geochronological, geochemical and Nd–Sr isotopic evidence

JH Yang, SL Chung, SA Wilde, F Wu, MF Chu, CH Lo… - Chemical …, 2005 - Elsevier
The Jiazishan alkaline complex in the eastern Sulu ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphic
orogenic belt of eastern China is composed of potassic to ultrapotassic pyroxene syenite …

Metamorphic chemical geodynamics of subduction zones

GE Bebout - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Study of metamorphic suites directly representing the deep subduction of altered oceanic
crust and sediments can help elucidate the geochemical evolution of the forearc-to-subarc …

Melting and dissolution of subducting crust at high pressures: the key role of white mica

MW Schmidt, D Vielzeuf, E Auzanneau - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2004 - Elsevier
Conditions of melting in the crust are generally controlled by the availability of aqueous fluid
and, in the absence of fluid, by the stability of hydroxylated minerals. To depths of 80–90 km …