Subduction erosion of forearc mantle wedge implicated in the genesis of the South Sandwich Island (SSI) arc: Evidence from boron isotope systematics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 275-284

  Tonarini, Sonia ^a   Leeman, William P ^b   Leat, Phil T ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron isotopes; Subduction zones; Volcanic arc magmatism

Indexed keywords

B VALUE; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; BORON ISOTOPES; ELEMENT RATIOS; FOREARC; FOREARC MANTLE WEDGE; FRONTAL ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MAGMA SOURCES; MANTLE WEDGE; MOBILE ELEMENTS; MULTI-STAGE; NEGATIVE VALUES; OCEANIC CRUST; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION EROSION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONIC SETTINGS; THOLEIITIC ROCKS; VOLCANIC ARC; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; VOLCANOGENIC SEDIMENTS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

BARIUM; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; EROSION; FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; RUBIDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

STRONTIUM;

BORON ISOTOPE; INFILTRATION; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PERIDOTITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC WEDGE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS;

EID: 78650287409     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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