Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Recycled arc mantle recovered from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

  • B. M. Urann,
  • H. J. B. Dick,
  • R. Parnell-Turner,
  • J. F. Casey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17604-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Plate tectonics necessitates mantle recycling throughout Earth’s history, yet direct geochemical evidence for mantle reprocessing remains elusive. Here, the authors present evidence of recycled supra-subduction zone mantle wedge peridotite dredged from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 16°30′N.