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The subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts and its significance
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Abstract
The plate tectonic cycle produces chemically distinct mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) and arc volcanics, with the latter enriched in fluid-mobile elements and depleted in Nb owing to fluxes from the subducted slab. Basalts from back-arc basins (BABB), with intermediate compositions, show that the subduction flux can escape the arc. Hence it is puzzling why arc signatures have rarely been recognized in MORB. Here we report the first MORB samples with distinct arc signatures, akin to BABB, from the Arctic Gakkel Ridge. A new high precision dataset for 576 Gakkel samples suggests a pervasive subduction influence. This influence can also be identified in Atlantic and Indian MORB with a “BABB filter”, but is nearly absent in Pacific MORB. This global distribution reflects the control of a “subduction shield” that has surrounded the Pacific Ocean for 180Myr. Statistics suggest that a flux equivalent to ~ 13% of output at arcs is incorporated into the convecting upper mantle.
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Title: The subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts and its significance
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Abstract
The plate tectonic cycle produces chemically distinct mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) and arc volcanics, with the latter enriched in fluid-mobile elements and depleted in Nb owing to fluxes from the subducted slab.
Basalts from back-arc basins (BABB), with intermediate compositions, show that the subduction flux can escape the arc.
Hence it is puzzling why arc signatures have rarely been recognized in MORB.
Here we report the first MORB samples with distinct arc signatures, akin to BABB, from the Arctic Gakkel Ridge.
A new high precision dataset for 576 Gakkel samples suggests a pervasive subduction influence.
This influence can also be identified in Atlantic and Indian MORB with a “BABB filter”, but is nearly absent in Pacific MORB.
This global distribution reflects the control of a “subduction shield” that has surrounded the Pacific Ocean for 180Myr.
Statistics suggest that a flux equivalent to ~ 13% of output at arcs is incorporated into the convecting upper mantle.
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