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Role of warm subduction in the seismological properties of the forearc mantle: An example from southwest Japan

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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 7, Issue 28, Pages -

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AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf8934

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  1. National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2019R1G1A1094833]
  2. Yonsei University Research Fund [2019-22-0010]
  3. Creative Pioneering Researchers Program of Seoul National University [SNU SRnD 3345-20160014]

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The study shows the mechanism of how serpentinite layer forms and functions in the mantle wedge in warm subduction zones. This research helps to explain the large S-wave delay times and deep nonvolcanic tremors in the forearc mantle.
A warm slab thermal structure plays an important role in controlling seismic properties of the slab and mantle wedge. Among warm subduction zones, most notably in southwest Japan, the spatial distribution of large S-wave delay times and deep nonvolcanic tremors in the forearc mantle indicate the presence of a serpentinite layer along the slab interface. However, the conditions under which such a layer is generated remains unclear. Using numerical models, we here show that a serpentinite layer begins to develop by the slab-derived fluids below the deeper end of the slab-mantle decoupling interface and grows toward the corner of the mantle wedge along the interface under warm subduction conditions only, explaining the large S-wave delay times in the forearc mantle. The serpentinite layer then allows continuous free-fluid flow toward the corner of the mantle wedge, presenting possible mechanisms for the deep nonvolcanic tremors in the forearc mantle.

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