Massive Jurassic slab break-off revealed by a multidisciplinary reappraisal of the Chon Aike silicic large igneous province

C Navarrete, G Gianni, S Tassara, C Zaffarana… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The origin of the Chon Aike silicic large igneous province (SLIP) is a matter of intense
debate, with contrasting hypotheses that range from intraplate settings linked to mantle …

The role of an oxidized lithospheric mantle in gold mobilization

KF Qiu, RL Romer, ZY Long, AE Williams-Jones… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Phanerozoic orogenic gold mineralization at craton margins is related to the metasomatism
of the lithospheric mantle by crustal material. Slab subduction transfers Au from the crust to …

Mantle oxidation by sulfur drives the formation of giant gold deposits in subduction zones

DY He, KF Qiu, AC Simon, GS Pokrovski, HC Yu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Oxidation of the sub-arc mantle driven by slab-derived fluids has been hypothesized to
contribute to the formation of gold deposits in magmatic arc environments that host the …

Sub-arc mantle fugacity shifted by sediment recycling across the Great Oxidation Event

H Moreira, C Storey, E Bruand, J Darling, M Fowler… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The chemical exchange between the atmosphere, crust and mantle depends on sediment
recycling via subduction. However, it remains unclear how atmospherically modified …

Subducted carbon weakens the forearc mantle wedge in a warm subduction zone

R Oyanagi, A Okamoto - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Subducting oceanic plates carry large amounts of carbon into the Earth's interior. The
subducted carbon is mobilized by fluid and encounters ultramafic rocks in the mantle wedge …

Latitude-dependent oxygen fugacity in arc magmas

F Hu, H Jiang, B Wan, MN Ducea, L Gao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The redox state of arc mantle has been considered to be more oxidized and diverse than
that of the mid-ocean ridge, but the cause of the variation is debated. We examine the redox …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy Mo isotope enrichment in the Pitcairn plume: Implications for the subduction cycle of anoxic sediments

Q Ahmad, M Wille, J Labidi, S König, C Devey… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Subduction redistributes elements between Earth's principal geochemical reservoirs,
modifying the chemical composition of Earth's mantle, crust, atmosphere, and hydrosphere …

Chromium isotope behavior during serpentinite dehydration in oceanic subduction zones

JW Xiong, YX Chen, J Shen, C Marchesi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluids released through the dehydration of serpentinite can be rich in Cl−, which enables the
significant mobility of Cr in subduction zones. However, the Cr isotope behavior …

Compositional changes in garnet: trace element transfer during eclogite-facies metamorphism

J Kulhánek, SW Faryad - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2023 - Springer
The compositional zoning of the major divalent cations in metamorphic garnet is a useful
tool in reconstructing the pressure–temperature path. However, trace elements can provide …

Oxidized sulfur species in slab fluids as a source of enriched sulfur isotope signatures in arcs

P Beaudry, DA Sverjensky - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recycling of oxidized sulfur from subducting slabs to the mantle wedge provides
simultaneous explanations for the elevated oxygen fugacity (fO2) in subduction zones, their …