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Oxygen isotope evidence for recycled crust in the source of EM-type ocean island basalts

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The oxygen isotope compositions of fresh volcanic glasses from submarine volcanoes of 'enriched mantle' (EM-1 and EM-11) type appear to require the presence of subducted crustal components in the source of these lavas. These data confirm earlier inferences from trace elements and radiogenic isotopes, and also provide a rare opportunity to estimate the proportion of subducted material that reaches the source region of ocean island basalts.

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  3. Geologische Institut der Universität Kiel, 40–60 Olshausenstrasse, 2300, Kiel, Germany

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Woodhead, J., Greenwood, P., Harmon, R. et al. Oxygen isotope evidence for recycled crust in the source of EM-type ocean island basalts. Nature 362, 809–813 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/362809a0

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