Flux of carbonate melt from deeply subducted pelitic sediments: Geophysical and geochemical implications for the source of Central American volcanic arc

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Tsuno, Kyusei ^a   Dasgupta, Rajdeep ^a   Danielson, Lisa ^b   Righter, Kevin ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESCG ^*  (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MELTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; SODIUM;

CARBONATITES; HYDROUS SILICATE MELT; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE WEDGE; NICARAGUA; SILICATE MELTS; STARTING COMPOSITION; SUB-ARC; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ARC;

CARBONATION;

ALUMINUM; CARBONATE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROUS MINERAL; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MELTING; PELITE; SILICATE; SILICATE MELT; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA RISE;

EID: 84865639327     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052606     Document Type: Article

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