[HTML][HTML] Lawsonite composition and zoning as tracers of subduction processes: A global review

DL Whitney, KF Fornash, P Kang, ED Ghent, L Martin… - Lithos, 2020 - Elsevier
Lawsonite is an abundant hydrous mineral in oceanic crust, sediments, and metasomatic
rocks at depths of~ 45 to 300 km in most subduction zones, but it is rarely preserved in the …

Boron isotope evidence for shallow fluid transfer across subduction zones by serpentinized mantle

M Scambelluri, S Tonarini - Geology, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Serpentinites formed by alteration of oceanic and forearc mantle are major volatile and fluid-
mobile element reservoirs for arc magmatism, though direct proof of their dominance in the …

Carbonation of subduction-zone serpentinite (high-pressure ophicarbonate; Ligurian Western Alps) and implications for the deep carbon cycling

M Scambelluri, GE Bebout, D Belmonte, M Gilio… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Much of the long-term carbon cycle in solid earth occurs in subduction zones, where
processes of devolatilization, partial melting of carbonated rocks, and dissolution of …

Petrology and trace element budgets of high-pressure peridotites indicate subduction dehydration of serpentinized mantle (Cima di Gagnone, Central Alps …

M Scambelluri, T Pettke, E Rampone… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract At Cima di Gagnone, garnet peridotite and chlorite harzburgite lenses within pelitic
schists and gneisses correspond to eclogite-facies breakdown products of hydrated …

Linking serpentinite geochemistry with tectonic evolution at the subduction plate-interface: The Voltri Massif case study (Ligurian Western Alps, Italy)

E Cannaò, M Scambelluri, S Agostini, S Tonarini… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent geochemical work shows that subduction-zone serpentinites are repositories for fluid-
mobile elements absorbed during interaction with sediment-derived fluids. Unraveling the …

Insights on deep, accretionary subduction processes from the Sistan ophiolitic “mélange”(Eastern Iran)

S Angiboust, P Agard, JCM De Hoog, J Omrani… - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
The Sistan ophiolitic belt, formed by the closure of the N–S trending Sistan Ocean during
late Cretaceous times, comprises several branches and basins across a 100× 700km area …

Cold subduction of the Neotethys: the metamorphic record from finely banded lawsonite and epidote blueschists and associated metabasalts of the Nagaland …

A Ao, SK Bhowmik - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we have deduced the thermal history of the subducting Neotethys from its
eastern margin, using a suite of partially hydrated metabasalts from a segment of the …

Geochemistry of Alpine serpentinites from rifting to subduction: A view across paleogeographic domains and metamorphic grade

JD Barnes, M Beltrando, CTA Lee, M Cisneros… - Chemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Serpentinites from several tectono-metamorphic units of the Western Alps were studied to
constrain their origin and tectonic setting of serpentinization. Study areas were selected to …

Formation and evolution of a subduction-related mélange: The example of the Rocca Canavese Thrust Sheets (Western Alps)

M Roda, M Zucali, A Regorda, MI Spalla - GSA Bulletin, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract In the Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Western Alps, the Rocca Canavese Thrust Sheets (RCT)
subunit is characterized by a mixture of mantle-and crust-derived lithologies, such as …

Metamorphic facies and deformation fabrics diagnostic of subduction: Insights from 2D numerical models

A Regorda, MI Spalla, M Roda… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We developed a 2D numerical model that simulates the evolution of a subduction in order to
analyze which different metamorphic facies and deformation fabrics can be recorded within …