Sediment contribution to the mantle is the key step for the generation of orogenic magmatism to produce its isotopic and geochemical inventory. Even though they are exceptional for the post-collisional settings, there are worldwide examples of arc-related ultrapotassic mafic magmas which require complex multi-stage processes along with sediment melting e.g. in Italy or Pontides of Türkiye. To understand the metasomatism leading mantle to produce ultrapotassic mafic melts, we simulated the reactions of depleted (harzburgite) and fertile (lherzolite) mantle with ...
Fatma Gülmez, Dejan Prelević, Michael W. Förster, Stephan Buhre, Jennifer Günther . "Experimental production of K-rich metasomes through sediment recycling at the slab-mantle interface in the fore-arc" in Scientific Reports (2023)
