H 2 O subduction beyond arcs
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The amount of H 2 O subducted to postarc depths dictates such disparate factors as the generation of arc and back‐arc magmas, the rheology of the mantle wedge and slab, and the global circulation of H 2 O. Perple_X was used to calculate phase diagrams and rock physical properties for pressures of 0.5–4.0 GPa and temperatures of 300–900°C for a range of bulk compositions appropriate to subduction zones. These data were merged with global subduction zone rock fluxes to generate a model for global H 2 O flux to postarc depths. For metasomatized igneous rocks, subducted H 2 O scales with bulk rock K 2 O in hot slabs. Metasomatized ultramafic rocks behave similarly in cold slabs, but in hot slabs carry no H 2 O to magma generation depths because they lack K 2 O. Chert and carbonate are responsible for minimal H 2 O subduction, whereas clay‐rich and terrigenous sediments stabilize several hydrous phases at low temperature, resulting in significant postarc slab H 2 O flux in cold and hot slabs. Continental crust also subducts much H 2 O in cold slabs because of the stability of lawsonite and phengite; in hot slabs it is phengite that carries the bulk of this H 2 O to postarc depth. All told, the postarc flux of H 2 O in cold slabs is dominated by terrigenous sediment and the igneous lower crust and mantle and is proportional to bulk rock H 2 O. In contrast, in hot slabs the major contributors of postarc slab H 2 O are metasomatized volcanic rocks and subducted continental crust, with the amount of postarc slab H 2 O scaling with K 2 O. The Andes and Java‐Sumatra‐Andaman slabs are the principal suppliers of pelagic and terrigenous sediment hosted H 2 O to postarc depths, respectively. The Chile and Solomon arcs contribute the greatest H 2 O flux from subducted continental and oceanic forearc, respectively. The Andean arc has the greatest H 2 O flux provided through subduction of hydrated ocean crust and mantle. No correlation was observed between postarc slab H 2 O flux and slab seismicity.
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Using realistic, subduction-zone-specific models with high-resolution temperature distributions yields significantly more robust predictions of temperature, mineralogy, and H2O content than those of Hacker [2008].
“The use of more realistic and subduction zone specific models combined with the highresolution temperature distribution in the slab contributes to significantly more robust predictions of temperature, and therefore of the mineralogy and H 2 O content, than those used by Hacker [2008].”
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- Hacker, B. R.
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- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
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- Hacker, Bradley R.
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- Hacker, Bradley R.
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- Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
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- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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- 2008-03
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- 9
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- 3
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- Keywords
- subduction zone, terrigenous sediments, clay-rich sediments, chert, carbonates, continental subduction, lawsonite, phengite, potassium oxide, arc magmatism, back-arc magmatism, Andes
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