Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3613302s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 13, CiteID L13302
Physics
Geophysics
5
Marine Geology And Geophysics: Subduction Zone Processes (1031, 3613, 8170, 8413), Marine Geology And Geophysics: Marine Hydrogeology, Marine Geology And Geophysics: Heat Flow (Benthic), Marine Geology And Geophysics: Hydrothermal Systems (0450, 1034, 3616, 4832, 8135, 8424)
Scientific paper
The location and timing of metamorphic reactions in subducting lithosphere are influenced by thermal effects of fluid circulation in the ocean crust aquifer. Fluid circulation in subducting crust extracts heat from the Nankai subduction zone, causing the crust to pass through cooler metamorphic facies than if no fluid circulation occurs. This fluid circulation shifts the basalt-to-eclogite transition and the associated slab dehydration 14 km deeper (35 km farther landward) than would be predicted with no fluid flow. For most subduction zones, hydrothermal cooling of the subducting slab will delay eclogitization relative to estimates made without considering fluid circulation.
Spinelli Glenn A.
Wang Kai
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