Arc-like magmas generated by mélange-peridotite interaction in the mantle wedge

  • The mechanisms of transfer of crustal material from the subducting slab to the overlying mantle wedge are still debated. Mélange rocks, formed by mixing of sediments, oceanic crust, and ultramafics along the slab-mantle interface, are predicted to ascend as diapirs from the slab-top and transfer their compositional signatures to the source region of arc magmas. However, the compositions of melts that result from the interaction of mélanges with a peridotite wedge remain unknown. Here we present experimental evidence that melting of peridotite hybridized by mélanges produces melts that carry the major and trace element abundances observed in natural arc magmas. We propose that differences in nature and relative contributions of mélanges hybridizing the mantle produce a range of primary arc magmas, from tholeiitic to calc-alkaline. Thus, assimilation of mélanges into the wedge may play a key role in transferring subduction signatures from the slab to the source of arc magmas.
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Author:Emmanuel A. CodilloORCiD, Véronique Le RouxORCiD, Horst R. MarschallORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-471757
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05313-2
ISSN:2041-1723
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30030428
Parent Title (English):Nature Communications
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group UK
Place of publication:[London]
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2018
Date of first Publication:2018/07/20
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2018/09/06
Tag:Geochemistry; Petrology; Solid Earth sciences
Volume:9
Issue:1, Art. 2864
Page Number:11
First Page:1
Last Page:11
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HeBIS-PPN:437748650
Institutes:Geowissenschaften / Geographie / Geowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
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