Crust/Mantle Recycling at Convergence Zones

284 Pages·1989·9.99 MB·English

by  Claude J. Allegre (auth.), Stanley R. Hart, Levent Gülen (eds.)

Crust/Mantle Recycling at Convergence Zones
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Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -Vol. 258
Crust/Mantle Recycling at
Convergence Zones
edited by
Stanley R. Hart
and
Levent GGlen
Department of Earth Atmospheric,
and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Dordrecht / Boston / London
Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on
Crust/Mantle Recycling at Convergence Zones
Antalya, Turkey
25-29 May 1987
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Crust/Mantle Recycling at
Convergence Zones' (1987 : Anta 1 ya. Turkey)
Crust/mantle recycling .at subduction zones: proceedings of the
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Crust/Mantle Recycling at
Convergence Zones'. held in Antalya. Turkey. 25-29 May 1987 / edited
by Stanley R. ~art. Levent Gulen.
p. cm. -- (NATO ASI series. Series C. Mathematical and
physical sciences; vor. 258)
Includes index.
1. Earth--Crust--Congresses. 2. Earth--Mantle--Congresses.
3. Plate tectonics--Congresses. I. Hart. Stanley R. (Stanley
Robert). 1935- II. Gulen. Levent. 1953- III. Title.
IV. Series: NATO ASI series. Series C. Mathematical and physical
sciences; no. 258.
QE511.N27 1987
551.1' 3--dc 19 88-31488
CIP
ISBN-13: 978-94-010-6891-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-0895-6
DO I: 10.1007/978-94-009-0895-6
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface XIII
List of Participants XV
1. Mantle cycling: Process and time scales 1
Claude J. Allegre
2. Isotopic characterization and identification of
recycled components 15
S.R. Hart and H. Staudigel
3. Hydrothermal alteration of the oceanic crust 29
Francis Albarede and Annie Michard
4. Use of mUltispace technique to determine the
contribution of reinjected sediments in the mantle 37
(e.g., Lesser Antilles)
B. Dupre and C.J. Allegre
5. Geochemical evidence for crust-to-mantle recycling in
sUbduction zones 43
William M. White
6. Kerguelen Archipelago: Geochemical evidence for
recycled material 59
D. Weis, J.F. Beaux, I. Gautier, A. Giret and P.
Vidal
7. Subduction of young lithosphere: Lithospheric
doubling, a possible scenario 65
N.J. Vlaar
8. A review of the thermal-mechanical structures at
convergent plate boundaries and their implications for
crust/mantle recycling 75
M.N. ToksQZ and Albert T. Hsui
9. Sediment recycling at conver13nt margins: constraints
from the cosmogenic isotope Be 81
J. Morris, F. Tera, I.S. Sacks, L. Brown, J.
Klein, and R. Middleton.
10. Geophysical constraints on recycling of oceanic
lithosphere 89
I. Selwyn Sacks and John F. Schneider
11. Influence of H20 and CO2 on melt and fluid chemistry in
sUbduction zones 97
David H. Eggler
vii
viii
12. Anhydrous HFSE depleted peridotite as a ubiquitous
mantle component 105
Vincent J.M. Salters
13. Volatiles and stable isotopes in recycling 121
M. Javoy, F. Pineau, and P. Agrinier
14. Magma generation in sUbduction zones 139
I. Selwyn Sacks, Hiroki Sato, and J. Morris.
15. Recycled continental crustal components in Aleutian arc
magmas: implications for crustal growth and mantle
heterogeneity 145
R.W. Kay and S. Mahlburg Kay
16. Tomographic mapping of the upper mantle structure
beneath the Alpine collision belt 163
W. Spakman
17. From plate tectonics to global domain tectonics 173
Levent Gulen
18. Isotopic and chemical signatures of recycled oceanic
and continental crust 181
S.B. Jacobsen
19. Mantle convection with active chemical
heterogeneities 183
Ulrich R. Christensen
20. Crustal recycling and subduction: systems
perspective
J. Veizer 191
21. One-and-a-half layer convection?.. 197
H.-C. Nataf
22. Mineral physics and mantle evolution 201
Raymond Jeanloz
23. Crust-mantle recycling: inputs and outputs 203
Malcolm T. McCulloch
24. The structure of mantle flow and the stirring and
persistence of chemical heterogeneities 215
Geoffrey F. Davies
25. Intra-mantle fractionation vs. lithosphere recycling:
evidence from the sub-continental mantle 227
C.J. Hawkesworth, P.O. Kempton, D.P. Mattey, Z.A.
Palacz, N.W. Rogers and P.W.C. van Calsteren
IX
26. Convection and gravity close to subduction in a two
layer mantle: a 3-D modelisation 239
N. Rabinowicz, L. Cseperes, and C. Rosenberg
27. Dynamics of recycling 245
D.L. Turcotte
28. Some speculations on continental evolution 259
Thomas H. Jordan
Subject Index 277
Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Gural Ataman
1936-1986
Founder of the Department of Earth Sciences
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Front row: Yalcin, Javoy, Turcotte, Kay, Weis, White,
Nataf, Mcculloch
Middle row: Jeanloz, Allegre, Hart, Zindler, Morris,
Hawkesworth, Gulen, Eyidogan, Ansel, Gulec, Gronvold,
Vlaar
Back row: veizer, Jacobsen, Christensen, Jordan, Sacks,
Eggler, Yilmaz, Canitez, Boztug, Kasapoglu, Davies,
Gondogdu, Salters, Dupre, Spakroan