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A 'hidden' 18O-enriched reservoir in the sub-arc mantle.


ABSTRACT: Plate subduction continuously transports crustal materials with high-?(18)O values down to the mantle wedge, where mantle peridotites are expected to achieve the high-?(18)O features. Elevated ?(18)O values relative to the upper mantle value have been reported for magmas from some subduction zones. However, peridotites with ?(18)O values significantly higher than the well-defined upper mantle values have never been observed from modern subduction zones. Here we present in-situ oxygen isotope data of olivine crystals in Sailipu mantle xenoliths from South Tibet, which have been subjected to a long history of Tethyan subduction before the India-Asia collision. Our data identify for the first time a metasomatized mantle that, interpreted as the sub-arc lithospheric mantle, shows anomalously enriched oxygen isotopes (?(18)O = +8.03 ± 0.28 ‰). Such a high-?(18)O mantle commonly does not contribute significantly to typical island arc basalts. However, partial melting or contamination of such a high-?(18)O mantle is feasible to account for the high-?(18)O signatures in arc basalts.

SUBMITTER: Liu CZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3937801 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A 'hidden' 18O-enriched reservoir in the sub-arc mantle.

Liu Chuan-Zhou CZ   Wu Fu-Yuan FY   Chung Sun-Lin SL   Li Qiu-Li QL   Sun Wei-Dong WD   Ji Wei-Qiang WQ  

Scientific reports 20140228


Plate subduction continuously transports crustal materials with high-δ(18)O values down to the mantle wedge, where mantle peridotites are expected to achieve the high-δ(18)O features. Elevated δ(18)O values relative to the upper mantle value have been reported for magmas from some subduction zones. However, peridotites with δ(18)O values significantly higher than the well-defined upper mantle values have never been observed from modern subduction zones. Here we present in-situ oxygen isotope dat  ...[more]

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