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

Shuo Chen; Remco C. Hin; Timm John; Richard Brooker; Ben Bryan; Yaoling Niu; Tim Elliott

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12696-3

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

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

Shuo Chen,
Remco C. Hin,
Timm John,
Richard Brooker,
Ben Bryan,
Yaoling Niu,
Tim Elliott

Affiliations

Shuo Chen: Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Remco C. Hin: Bristol Isotope Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Timm John: Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin
Richard Brooker: Bristol Isotope Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Ben Bryan: Bristol Isotope Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Yaoling Niu: Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tim Elliott: Bristol Isotope Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12696-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Fluid liberation and migration from subducted oceanic slabs play a critical role in arc magmatism but the volume and origin of the released fluids is unclear and difficult to trace. Here, the authors use Molybdenum isotope ratios to tackle these problems.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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