Mantle Potential Temperature Estimates of Basalt from the East Taiwan Ophiolite

• Published in: TAO : Terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic sciences Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 853 - 863
• Main Authors: Shellnutt, J. Gregory, Hsieh, Robert B.-J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taiwan 中華民國地球科學學會 01.12.2016; Chinese Geoscience Union (Taiwan); Springer
• Subjects: Basalt; Composition; Estimates; Lava; Mantle; Mantle plumes; Mid-ocean ridges; Oceans; Ophiolites; Pliocene; Potential temperature; Rock; Rocks; Subduction; Subduction zones; Temperature effects; Taiwan; South China Sea; Mantle potential temperature; Ophiolite; Taiwan

The East Taiwan Ophiolite (ETO) is a fragment of the eastern-most South China Sea that was accreted to the Eurasian margin during the Pliocene and is a member of the Western Pacific and Cordilleran belt ophiolite group. Ophiolites from the Western Pacific and Cordilleran belt are typically subductio...