Zinc isotope evidence for sulfate-rich fluid transfer across subduction zones

Marie-Laure Pons; Baptiste Debret; Pierre Bouilhol; Adélie Delacour; Helen Williams

doi:10.1038/ncomms13794

Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Zinc isotope evidence for sulfate-rich fluid transfer across subduction zones

Marie-Laure Pons,
Baptiste Debret,
Pierre Bouilhol,
Adélie Delacour,
Helen Williams

Affiliations

Marie-Laure Pons: Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University
Baptiste Debret: Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University
Pierre Bouilhol: Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Elvet Hill
Adélie Delacour: Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, UMR 6524, CNRS, UBP, IRD
Helen Williams: Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13794
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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During subduction, fluids are released into the mantle wedge, but the exact compositions of these fluids are unclear. Ponset al. by analysing zinc isotopes from serpentinite provide evidence that oxidized, sulphate rich fluids are released to the mantle wedge during subduction.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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