A temporal control on the isotopic compositions of the Antarctic Peninsula arc

Bastias-Silva, J.; Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2208-0075; Chew, D.; Riley, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-5021; Jara, W.; Chiaradia, M.. 2024 A temporal control on the isotopic compositions of the Antarctic Peninsula arc. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 157. 11, pp. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01301-1

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Abstract/Summary

Radiogenic isotopic compositions of arc magmas are a key tool for studying active margin evolution. They have two isotopic end-members: melts formed mostly from juvenile asthenosphere and melts sourced from evolved continental crust/continental lithospheric mantle. Cordilleran-margins are typically more isotopically juvenile near the trench, and conversely, increasingly evolved landward. However, this model has not been tested on the ~1,500 km long Mesozoic-Cenozoic arc of the Antarctic Peninsula. Here we show that while geochemical compositions remain largely constant, radiogenic isotopes become increasingly juvenile with time. Unlike other continental arcs, there is no association between isotopic composition and spatial distribution. This is attributed to: (i) slow subduction of young oceanic lithosphere, resulting in narrowing of the arc and reduced capacity to incorporate continental crust into melts, and (ii) the Cenozoic decrease in convergence rate, which reduced the friction in the slab-overriding plate interface, allowing the arc melts to increasingly source from young juvenile asthenosphere.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01301-1
ISSN:	2662-4435
Date made live:	02 Apr 2024 10:52 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537205

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01301-1

ISSN:

2662-4435

Date made live:

02 Apr 2024 10:52 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537205