An Early Cretaceous subduction-modified mantle underneath the ultraslow spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean

Authors: Marianne Richter, Oliver Nebel, Roland Maas, Ben Mather, Yona Nebel-Jacobsen, Fabio A. Capitanio, Henry J. B. Dick, Peter A. Cawood

Published: 2020-10-30

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb4340

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Abstract

Ocean floor lavas from an active spreading ridge keep a geochemical memory of an Early Cretaceous subduction zone.