dc.contributor.author | Arculus, RJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Ishizuka, O | |
dc.contributor.author | Bogus, KA | |
dc.contributor.author | Gurnis, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Hickey-Vargas, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Aljahdali, MH | |
dc.contributor.author | Bandini-Maeder, AN | |
dc.contributor.author | Barth, AP | |
dc.contributor.author | Brandl, PA | |
dc.contributor.author | Drab, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Do Monte Guerra, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Hamada, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Kanayama, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Kender, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Kusano, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Li, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Loudin, LC | |
dc.contributor.author | Maffione, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Marsaglia, KM | |
dc.contributor.author | McCarthy, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Meffre, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Morris, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Neuhaus, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Savov, IP | |
dc.contributor.author | Sena, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Tepley, FJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Der Land, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Yogodzinski, GM | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-23T13:16:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-08-24 | |
dc.description.abstract | The initiation of tectonic plate subduction into the mantle is poorly understood. If subduction is induced by the push of a distant mid-ocean ridge or subducted slab pull, we expect compression and uplift of the overriding plate. In contrast, spontaneous subduction initiation, driven by subsidence of dense lithosphere along faults adjacent to buoyant lithosphere, would result in extension and magmatism. The rock record of subduction initiation is typically obscured by younger deposits, so evaluating these possibilities has proved elusive. Here we analyse the geochemical characteristics of igneous basement rocks and overlying sediments, sampled from the Amami Sankaku Basin in the northwest Philippine Sea. The uppermost basement rocks are areally widespread and supplied via dykes. They are similar in composition and age-as constrained by the biostratigraphy of the overlying sediments-to the 52-48-million-year-old basalts in the adjacent Izu-Bonin-Mariana fore-arc. The geochemical characteristics of the basement lavas indicate that a component of subducted lithosphere was involved in their genesis, and the lavas were derived from mantle source rocks that were more melt-depleted than those tapped at mid-ocean ridges. We propose that the basement lavas formed during the inception of Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction in a mode consistent with the spontaneous initiation of subduction. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Funding was provided by the Australian Research Council and the ANZIC office to R.J.A. Additional funding was provided to M.H.A. by the Ministry of Education of Saudi Arabia, and to A.N.B.-M. by Fugro AG. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 8, pp. 728 - 733 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/ngeo2515 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34397 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved | en_GB |
dc.title | A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-23T13:16:20Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1752-0894 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Springer Nature via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Nature Geoscience | en_GB |