Clinopyroxene precursors to amphibole sponge in arc crust

DJ Smith - Nature Communications, 2014 - nature.com
The formation of amphibole cumulates beneath arc volcanoes is a key control on magma
geochemistry, and generates a hydrous lower crust. Despite being widely inferred from trace …

Adakite-like geochemical signature produced by amphibole-dominated fractionation of arc magmas: An example from the Late Cretaceous magmatism in Gangdese …

WC Xu, HF Zhang, B Luo, L Guo, H Yang - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Late Cretaceous (~ 106–76 Ma) adakite-like intrusive rocks in the middle-eastern
Gangdese belt occur in an E–W trending belt paralleling the Indus–Yarlung suture, south …

Metamorphic grade of source rocks revealed by chemical fingerprints of detrital amphibole and garnet

S Andò, A Morton, E Garzanti - Geological Society, London …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
Amphibole and garnet are among the most widespread heavy minerals in orogenic
sediments. Their chemical composition and optical properties vary markedly and …

Mineral compositions of syn-collisional granitoids and their implications for the formation of juvenile continental crust and adakitic magmatism

Y Xiao, S Chen, Y Niu, X Wang, Q Xue… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Continentalcollision zones have been proposed as primary sites of net continental crustal
growth. Therefore, studies on syn-collisional granitoids with mafic magmatic enclaves …

Genesis of intermediate and silicic arc magmas constrained by Nb/Ta fractionation

W Chen, G Zhang, M Ruan, S Wang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Resolving the geochemical discrepancies in Nb/Ta between the bulk continental crust and
its parental mantle melts can provide insights into the processes by which basaltic magmas …

[HTML][HTML] Timing of the Late Cretaceous ignimbrite flare-up at the eastern margin of the Eurasian Plate: New zircon U–Pb ages from the Aioi–Arima–Koto region of SW …

D Sato, H Matsuura, T Yamamoto - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Kinki district in the Inner Zone of southwest Japan is characterized by Late Cretaceous
volcanic rocks of the Aioi and Arima groups and the Koto Rhyolites (from west to east) …

Cumulate mush hybridization by melt invasion: Evidence from compositionally diverse amphiboles in ultramafic–mafic arc cumulates within the Eastern Gangdese …

W Xu, DC Zhu, Q Wang, RF Weinberg… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Amphibole plays an important role in the petrogenesis and evolution of arc magmas, but its
role is not completely understood yet. Here, a field, petrological, geochronological and …

The kyushu–ryukyu arc

K Miyazaki, M Ozaki, M Saito, S Toshimitsu - 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Kyushu-Ryukyu Arc extends for over 1000 km south from the large island of
Kyushu down the Ryukyu Island chain towards Taiwan. It has been produced by subduction …

Parent magma of the Cretaceous Northern Kyushu batholith and heat source of large-scale igneous activity: Petrological constraints on magmatism of the …

K Eshima, M Owada, A Kamei - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
The Japanese island in the Northeastern Asian continental margin is located in a subduction
zone, and granitoid covers about 30% of the island arc. The Cretaceous Northern Kyushu …

The role of clinopyroxene in amphibole fractionation of arc magmas: Evidence from mafic intrusive rocks within the Gangdese arc, southern Tibet

J Wang, Q Wang, W Dan, JH Yang, ZY Yang, P Sun… - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
Amphibole is thought to be a key control on the differentiation of arc magmas but the
fractionation of this mineral remains enigmatic because it is rarely present in erupted lavas …