Himalayan zircons resurface in Sumatran arc volcanoes through sediment recycling

Meng-Hao Gao; Ping-Ping Liu; Sun-Lin Chung; Qiu-Li Li; Bin Wang; Wei Tian; Xian-Hua Li; Hao-Yang Lee

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00611-6

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Himalayan zircons resurface in Sumatran arc volcanoes through sediment recycling

Meng-Hao Gao,
Ping-Ping Liu,
Sun-Lin Chung,
Qiu-Li Li,
Bin Wang,
Wei Tian,
Xian-Hua Li,
Hao-Yang Lee

Affiliations

Meng-Hao Gao: Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Ping-Ping Liu: Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Sun-Lin Chung: Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica
Qiu-Li Li: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bin Wang: Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Wei Tian: Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Xian-Hua Li: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hao-Yang Lee: Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00611-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Eocene to Oligocene age Himalayan zircons were transported through the Bengal submarine channel, subducted in the Sunda trench, and resurfaced in the arc volcanoes of Sumatra, according to U-Pb-Hf-O isotopes from arc basalts and andesites

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
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