Mélange dehydration and melting beneath South Sandwich Islands arc by Yunchao Shu, Sune G. Nielsen, Veronique Le Roux, Danielle Santiago Ramos, Jerzy Blusztajn, Maureen Auro, Phil T. Leat, Tristan J. Horner

“…Abstract Mechanisms regulating material transfer from subducted slabs to arc magmas remain debated, centered on metasomatized mantle wedge interactions versus mélange mobilization at the slab-mantle interface. …”
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Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania) by Madeline Richter, Kilian Pollok, Kujtim Onuzi, Kamil Ustaszewski

“…This setting allows to study the interrelated tectonometamorphic evolution and rock-water interaction between the subducted and exhumed metamorphic sole and concomitant mantle wedge serpentinization in the overlying units. …”
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A slab window in the south rim of the Parece-Vela Basin by Zhang Zhen, Xu dong, Zhao Lintao

“…This unprecedented interaction disrupts the conventional material-energy exchange mechanisms between the subducted slab and mantle wedge, giving rise to anomalous heat flow, distinct magmatism, metamorphism, and geophysical features. …”
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Petrogenetic evidences in geodynamics and placement of Nordoz intrusive masses in Alborz-Azerbaijan structural zone by Shahryar Mahmoudi, Shiva Lavi, Shohreh Hassanpour, Amir Ali Tabakh Shabani, Mehran Yegane Far

“…This behavior can be explained by contamination of magma derived from a depleted asthenospheric mantle with lithospheric sediments during oceanic crust subduction and upper mantle wedge metasomatism. In summary, the magmatic plateau of Azerbaijan has been affected by tectonic processes and lithospheric thinning during the Eocene-Oligocene period. …”
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