FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Dehydration of subducting slow-spread oceanic lithosphere in the Lesser Antilles BT AF PAULATTO, Michele LAIGLE, Mireille GALVE, Audrey CHARVIS, Philippe SAPIN, Martine BAYRAKCI, Gaye EVAIN, Mikael KOPP, Heidrun AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:3;6:4;7:5;8:6; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;8:; C1 Univ Cote Azur, CNRS, Observ Cote Azur, Geoazur,IRD, 250 Rue Albert Einstein, F-06560 Valbonne, France. Imperial Coll London, Earth Sci & Engn, Prince Consort Rd, London SW7 2BP, England. CNRS, UMR 7154, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Inst Phys Globe Paris,PRES, 1 Rue Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France. Univ Southampton, Ocean & Earth Sci, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, Hants, England. IFREMER, Ctr Bretagne, Geosci Marines, ZI Pointe Diable CS 10070, F-29280 Plouzane, France. GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res Kiel, Wischhofstr 1-3, D-24148 Kiel, Germany. C2 CNRS, FRANCE IMPERIAL COLL LONDON, UK CNRS, FRANCE UNIV SOUTHAMPTON, UK IFREMER, FRANCE IFM GEOMAR, GERMANY SI BREST SE PDG-REM-GM-LGS IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france IF 12.353 TC 53 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00392/50321/51004.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00392/50321/51005.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00392/50321/51006.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00392/50321/51007.mov https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00392/50321/51008.mov LA English DT Article CR OBSANTILLES OBSISMER SISMANTILLES 1 SISMANTILLES 2 BO Antea Le Nadir L'Atalante AB Subducting slabs carry water into the mantle and are a major gateway in the global geochemical water cycle. Fluid transport and release can be constrained with seismological data. Here we use joint active-source/local-earthquake seismic tomography to derive unprecedented constraints on multi-stage fluid release from subducting slow-spread oceanic lithosphere. We image the low P-wave velocity crustal layer on the slab top and show that it disappears beneath 60–100 km depth, marking the depth of dehydration metamorphism and eclogitization. Clustering of seismicity at 120–160 km depth suggests that the slab’s mantle dehydrates beneath the volcanic arc, and may be the main source of fluids triggering arc magma generation. Lateral variations in seismic properties on the slab surface suggest that serpentinized peridotite exhumed in tectonized slow-spread crust near fracture zones may increase water transport to sub-arc depths. This results in heterogeneous water release and directly impacts earthquakes generation and mantle wedge dynamics. PY 2017 PD JUN SO Nature Communications SN 2041-1723 PU Nature Publishing Group VL 8 UT 000405113300001 DI 10.1038/ncomms15980 ID 50321 ER EF