Final closure of the Paleo Asian Ocean basin in the early Triassic

Z Tan, W **ao, Q Mao, H Wang, M Sang, R Li… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
The timing of the final welding of the southern Altaids to construct Pangea is a matter of
debate which has led to considerable uncertainty regarding the configuration of northeast …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of aqueous fluid on viscous relaxation of garnet and modification of inclusion pressures after entrapment

X Zhong, D Wallis, P Kingsbery, T John - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The elastic interaction between an inclusion and its host is often employed to study
metamorphic processes based on the assumption that the host is not affected by processes …

The study of subduction channels: Progress, controversies, and challenges

J Zhang - Science China Earth Sciences, 2020 - Springer
The subduction channel is defined as a relatively thin and weak zone with coherent
kinematics between the descending and overriding plates during subduction. The materials …

Metasedimentary “carbon filter” and its implication for subduction zone carbon recycling

JL Li, EM Stewart, T John, JJ Ague, ZR Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The movement of carbon in subduction zones plays a crucial role in regulating the global
carbon cycle, controlling Earth's climate, and maintaining its habitability. Recent work …

On exhumation velocities of high-pressure units based on insights from chemical zoning in garnet (Tianshan, NW China)

EM Schwarzenbach, X Zhong, MJ Caddick… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exhumed high-pressure rocks formed during subduction provide insight into global
geodynamic and plate tectonic processes. Their metamorphic history is partially encoded in …

Subduction zone sulfur mobilization and redistribution by intraslab fluid–rock interaction

JL Li, EM Schwarzenbach, T John, JJ Ague… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Subduction zones mediate the sulfur exchange between Earth's interior and surface, and
play a critical role in the long-term global sulfur cycle. Dehydration of the subducted slab …

Diapir melting of subducted mélange generating alkaline arc magmatism and its implications for material recycling at subduction zone settings

K Wang, K Cai, M Sun, X Wang, XP **a… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Alkaline rocks crop out in subduction‐related volcanic arcs globally, whose genesis is
explained by partial melting of hybrid diapiric mélanges in the mantle wedge. Such a new …

Formation of the eclogites of the Atbashi complex, Kyrgyzstan, in a subduction zone mélange diapir

M Sang, Z Tan, W **ao, Q Mao, H Wang, R Li… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Much debate exists concerning mechanisms of crustal material transfer from subducting slab
to overlying mantle. Formation of mélange rocks by physical mixing of slab components …

Quartz-in-garnet barometry constraints on formation pressures of eclogites from the Franciscan Complex, California

M Cisneros, WM Behr, JP Platt… - Contributions to Mineralogy …, 2022 - Springer
Determining pressure and temperature variations between high-pressure/low-temperature
(HP–LT) eclogite blocks is crucial for constraining end-member exhumation models; …

Bridging the gap in garnet diffusion models at low temperatures: Recalibration using Western Tianshan eclogitic breccia

J Chen, X Chu - Journal of Petrology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Models concerning the diffusion of divalent cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, Fe2+, and Mn2+)
in garnet have been subject to extensive research and application over several decades, yet …