The Alps are amongst the best subduction archives in the world, with abundant blueschists
and eclogites preserving fragments of mantle, gabbros, thinned continental margin and …

Serpentinites are central to water (re) cycling in subduction zones and thus effect fluid-
mediated element transfer between the hydrosphere and the Earth's mantle and back into …

Previous studies have concluded that dehydration of serpentinites in subduction zones
produces oxidizing fluids that are the cause of oxidized arc magmas. Here, observations of …

More than one teramole of carbon per year is subducted as carbonate or carbonaceous
material. However, the influence of carbonation/decarbonation reactions on seismic activity …

Subducting tectonic plates carry water and other surficial components into Earth's interior.
Previous studies suggest that serpentinized peridotite is a key part of deep recycling, but this …

Serpentinite plays a crucial role in element mobility during seawater hydrothermal alteration
of mid-ocean ridge peridotite on the seafloor and fluid metasomatism of peridotite in the …

Isotopic signatures of heavy noble gases in the Earth's mantle contain a major component
recycled by subduction. The experimental and field studies reported in the literature show …

Boron is a quintessential crustal element but its conspicuous presence in diamond–a mantle
mineral–raises questions about potential subduction pathways for boron and other volatiles …

The molybdenum (Mo) isotope system is a powerful tool for tracing recycled crustal
components in volcanic rocks. Existing Mo isotope data show that intraplate basalts have …

Subduction of low-density continental crust to subarc depths is generally associated with
preceding subduction of the oceanic slab. However, the original oceanic signature is often …