Drastic shift in lava geochemistry in the volcanic-front to rear-arc region of the Southern Kamchatkan subduction zone: Evidence for the transition from slab surface dehydration to sediment melting

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 452-480

  Duggen, Svend ^a   Portnyagin, Maxim ^b,c   Baker, Joel ^d   Ulfbeck, David ^a   Hoernle, Kaj ^b   Garbe Schönberg, Dieter ^e   Grassineau, Nathalie ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEHYDRATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANO;

EURASIA; KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33845698001     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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