The Earth is the only known planet where plate tectonics is active, and different studies have
concluded that plate tectonics commenced at times from the early Hadean to 700 Ma. Many …

Carbon fluxes in subduction zones can be better constrained by including new estimates of
carbon concentration in subducting mantle peridotites, consideration of carbonate solubility …

Over 5300 recent SHRIMP-RG analyses of trace elements (TE) in igneous zircon have been
compiled and classified based on their original tectono-magmatic setting to empirically …

This paper presents a review on the rock associations, geochemistry, and spatial distribution
of Mesozoic-Paleogene igneous rocks in Northeast Asia. The record of magmatism is used …

Continental magmatic arcs form above subduction zones where the upper plate is
continental lithosphere and/or accreted transitional lithosphere. The best-studied examples …

Abstract The~ 120 Ma Jiaodong province in the North China Craton, composed of abundant
Mesozoic granites that intrude Precambrian metamorphic basement, is bordered by the Sulu …

Chemical geodynamics is an integrated discipline that studies the geochemical structure
and tectonic evolution of geospheres with the aim of linking tectonic processes to …

At subduction zones, crustal material enters the mantle. Some of this material, however, is
returned to the overriding plate through volcanic and plutonic activity. Magmas erupted …

The name of “adakite” is used to describe a far too large group of rocks, whose sole common
feature is high Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios. However, such a signature can be achieved via …

Fluids and melts liberated from subducting oceanic crust recycle lithophile elements back
into the mantle wedge, facilitate melting and ultimately lead to prolific subduction-zone arc …