Molybdenum isotopic heterogeneity for intraplate basalts and its origin

W Fang, LQ Dai, ZF Zhao - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The molybdenum (Mo) isotope system is a powerful tool for tracing recycled crustal
components in volcanic rocks. Existing Mo isotope data show that intraplate basalts have …

[HTML][HTML] Molybdenum isotopes unmask slab dehydration and melting beneath the Mariana arc

HY Li, RP Zhao, J Li, Y Tamura, C Spencer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
How serpentinites in the forearc mantle and subducted lithosphere become involved in
enriching the subarc mantle source of arc magmas is controversial. Here we report …

Molybdenum isotopes in mafic igneous rocks record slabmantle interactions from subarc to postarc depths

W Fang, LQ Dai, YF Zheng, ZF Zhao - Geology, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Arc volcanic rocks erupted above oceanic subduction zones generally have heavy
molybdenum (Mo) isotopic compositions, which are attributed to contributions from oceanic …

Serpentinite fluids and slab-melting in the Aleutian arc: Evidence from molybdenum isotopes and boron systematics

E Rojas-Kolomiets, O Jensen, M Bizimis… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mo isotope compositions have been increasingly used as a source tracer in magmatic
systems. Here, we investigate the relative role of subducting oceanic crust, fluid-rich sources …

Molybdenum isotope ratios in Izu arc basalts: The control of subduction zone fluids on compositional variations in arc volcanic systems

J Villalobos-Orchard, H Freymuth, B O'Driscoll… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Molybdenum isotope variations in mafic arc lavas have mainly been attributed to the
influence of slab-derived components, such as subducted sediment melts and aqueous …

[HTML][HTML] Molybdenum systematics of subducted crust record reactive fluid flow from underlying slab serpentine dehydration

S Chen, RC Hin, T John, R Brooker, B Bryan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Fluids liberated from subducting slabs are critical in global geochemical cycles. We
investigate the behaviour of Mo during slab dehydration using two suites of exhumed …

The influence of crustal recycling on the molybdenum isotope composition of the Earth's mantle

RC Hin, KEJ Hibbert, S Chen, M Willbold… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several studies have suggested that the Earth's upper mantle is slightly enriched in light
molybdenum isotopes relative to bulk Earth, defined by chondrites, but there is no …

[HTML][HTML] The Molybdenum isotope subduction recycling conundrum: A case study from the Tongan subduction zone, Western Alps and Alpine Corsica

Q Ahmad, M Wille, S König, C Rosca, A Hensel… - Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Molybdenum isotopes have emerged as novel tracers for high-temperature igneous and
metamorphic processes. The debate remains to what extent different subducted slab …

Molybdenum isotope evidence for subduction-modified, recycled mafic oceanic crust in the mantle sources of ocean island basalts from La Palma and Hawaii

M Willbold, T Elliott - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The recycling of mafic oceanic crust in subduction zones represents an important geological
process to explain the geochemical diversity of the Earth's mantle. Based on radiogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Molybdenum isotope systematics of lavas from the East Pacific Rise: Constraints on the source of enriched mid-ocean ridge basalt

S Chen, P Sun, Y Niu, P Guo, T Elliott… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) reveal large mantle compositional heterogeneity, whose
origin remains debated. Here we present a systematic study of molybdenum isotopes on …