Dynamics of intraoceanic subduction initiation: 2. Suprasubduction zone ophiolite formation and metamorphic sole exhumation in context of absolute plate motions

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2015-06-01

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van Hinsbergen, Douwe J. J.
Peters, Kalijn
Maffione, Marco
Spakman, Wim
Guilmette, Carl
Thieulot, Cedric
Plumper, Oliver
Gurer, Derya
Brouwer, Fraukje M.
ALDANMAZ, ERCAN
Kaymakcı, Nuretdin

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Analyzing subduction initiation is key for understanding the coupling between plate tectonics and the underlying mantle. Here we focus on suprasubduction zone (SSZ) ophiolites and how their formation links to intraoceanic subduction initiation in an absolute plate motion frame. SSZ ophiolites form the majority of exposed oceanic lithosphere fragments and are widely recognized to have formed during intraoceanic subduction initiation. Structural, petrological, geochemical, and plate kinematic constraints on their kinematic evolution show that SSZ crust forms at fore-arc spreading centers at the expense of a mantle wedge, thereby flattening the nascent slab. This leads to the typical inverted pressure gradients found in metamorphic soles that form at the subduction plate contact below and during SSZ crust crystallization. Former spreading centers are preserved in forearcs when subduction initiates along transform faults or off-ridge oceanic detachments. We show how these are reactivated when subduction initiates in the absolute plate motion direction of the inverting weakness zone. Upon inception of slab pull due to, e.g., eclogitization, the sole is separated from the slab, remains welded to the thinned overriding plate lithosphere, and can become intruded by mafic dikes upon asthenospheric influx into the mantle wedge. We propound that most ophiolites thus formed under special geodynamic circumstances and may not be representative of normal oceanic crust. Our study highlights how far-field geodynamic processes and absolute plate motions may force intraoceanic subduction initiation as key toward advancing our understanding of the entire plate tectonic cycle.

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Plate kinematics, Numerical modeling, Geochronology, Metamorphic sole, Geochemistry, Suprasubduction zone

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/42499

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GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

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https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gc005745

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Department of Geological Engineering, Article

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D. J. J. van Hinsbergen et al., “Dynamics of intraoceanic subduction initiation: 2. Suprasubduction zone ophiolite formation and metamorphic sole exhumation in context of absolute plate motions,” GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, pp. 1771–1785, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/42499.