Fig.1. Schematic diagrams of two types of oceanic subduction zones(modified after reference [11]) Schematic diagrams of subduction zones of (a) Ocean-Continent subduction zone and (b) Ocean-Ocean subduction zone, showing a series of geological processes occurred in oceanic subduction zone: Metamorphic dehydration/partial melting of the subducting crust, crustal metasomatism of the mantle wedge, mantle melting and melt migration through the mantle wedge and the crust, weathering of the continental margin and transporting of the terrigenous sediment into subduction zones. Note that the terrigenous sediment is much more abundant in Ocean-Continent subduction zones than those Ocean-Ocean subduction zones owing to the severe weathering
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