Constraints on flux rates and mantle dynamics beneath island arcs from Tonga–Kermadec lava geochemistry

Simon Turner () and Chris Hawkesworth
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Simon Turner: The Open University
Chris Hawkesworth: The Open University

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6651, 568-573

Abstract: Abstract Subduction processes are central to plate tectonics and to crust–mantle recycling and differentiation. Here we present a study of lavas from the Tonga–Kermadec island arc which places important constraints on the processes and rates involved. The mantle wedge overlying the subducting oceanic plate is dynamically coupled to the descending plate, but may convect more slowly than expected. Fluid and sediment fluxes from the ocean plate enrich the wedge but differ in their location, mechanisms and rates. After partial melting, magma extraction occurs rapidly via channelled flow through the wedge.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/39257

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