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SUBMITTER: Profeta L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4668569 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Profeta Lucia L Ducea Mihai N MN Chapman James B JB Paterson Scott R SR Gonzales Susana Marisol Henriquez SM Kirsch Moritz M Petrescu Lucian L DeCelles Peter G PG
Scientific reports 20151203
We present global and regional correlations between whole-rock values of Sr/Y and La/Yb and crustal thickness for intermediate rocks from modern subduction-related magmatic arcs formed around the Pacific. These correlations bolster earlier ideas that various geochemical parameters can be used to track changes of crustal thickness through time in ancient subduction systems. Inferred crustal thicknesses using our proposed empirical fits are consistent with independent geologic constraints for the ...[more]