Subducting passive continental margins with crustal (ultra)mafic intrusions: An underappreciated mechanism for recycling water back into the mantle
It is well known that outer rise bending-assisted oceanic plate hydration is an important mechanism for transporting substantial amounts of water into the mantle. A key question is: Are there other equally or more important water transport mechanisms? Here we propose, for the first time, that subduc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Science Press
2023-09-01
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Series: | Earth and Planetary Physics |
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Online Access: | http://www.eppcgs.org/article/doi/10.26464/epp2023074?pageType=en |