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Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1143-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1143-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
Research article
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16 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2024

Magnesium isotope fractionation processes during seafloor serpentinization and implications for serpentinite subduction

Sune G. Nielsen, Frieder Klein, Horst R. Marschall, Philip A. E. Pogge von Strandmann, and Maureen Auro

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Magnesium isotope ratios of arc lavas have been proposed as a proxy for serpentinite subduction, but uncertainties remain regarding their utility. Here we show that bulk serpentinite Mg isotope ratios are identical to the mantle, whereas the serpentinite mineral brucite is enriched in heavy Mg isotopes. Thus, Mg isotope ratios may only be used as serpentinite subduction proxies if brucite is preferentially mobilized from the slab at pressures and temperatures within the arc magma source region.
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