Mafic slab melt contributions to Proterozoic massif-type anorthosites

DS Keller, CTA Lee, WH Peck, BD Monteleone… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Massif-type anorthosites, enormous and enigmatic plagioclase-rich cumulate intrusions
emplaced into Earth's crust, formed in large numbers only between 1 and 2 billion years …

Late Jurassic magmatism in the Ligurian‐Piedmont Ocean constrained by zircon ages of mafic and felsic meta‐intrusives

M de Togni, G Balestro, D Rubatto, D Castelli… - Terra …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Paleogeographic reconstructions show that the Ligurian‐Piedmont Ocean (LPO) was a
relatively narrow oceanic basin but the actual amount of oceanic lithosphere generated and …

Fluid-metasomatized rocks with extremely low δ26Mg values in subducted oceanic lithosphere: Implications for mantle Mg isotope heterogeneity and the origin of low …

JW Xiong, YX Chen, M Scambelluri, XY Qiao… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
The subduction of oceanic slabs with diverse lithologies greatly contributes to the
geochemical heterogeneity of the mantle. Oceanic metasomatism leads to the formation of …

Petrology of tourmaline-bearing blueschist from SW Tianshan, China, and its implication in B-rich fluid migration in subduction zone

T Shen, H Hu, L Zhang, JD Xu, Z Tian… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Boron geochemistry can track fluid–rock interaction during subduction zone metamorphism.
Rare tourmaline-bearing blueschists, which are associated with ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) …

Petrochronology of High‐Pressure Veins Reveals the Evolution of Fluid Sources in Subducted Oceanic Crust (Rocciavrè Eclogites, W. Alps)

C Herviou, G Bonnet, S Angiboust… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The Rocciavrè massif is a large eclogitized ophiolitic fragment exposed in the Western Alps
(Piemonte, Italy) exhibiting an almost complete sequence of the subducted Liguro‐Piemont …

Fluid infiltration along reactive porosity networks at the subduction interface: Evidence from the eclogite-facies Erro-Tobbio Unit (Ligurian Alps)

S Cacciari, E Cannaò, G Toffol, M Scambelluri… - Lithos, 2025 - Elsevier
In subduction zones, seismicity and rock rheology are strongly influenced by the presence of
fluids. However, the mechanisms governing fluid extraction and transport along the …

The behavior of Li and B isotopes in high-T and low-T eclogites enclosed by phengite schists

D Wang, RL Romer, F Liu, J Glodny - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2024 - Springer
Subduction zones are critical sites for recycling of Li and B into the mantle. The way of
redistribution of Li and B and their isotopes in subduction settings is debated, and there is a …