Metamorphic Sole

Records subduction initiation

A high-T/P metamorphic assemblage beneath ophiolites that records the rapid transition from seafloor spreading to subduction, providing direct petrological evidence for ophiolite emplacement.

Zhang, Chang · Liu, Chuanzhou

Science China Earth Sciences 2025

Specifications

indicating geothermal gradients

{'zh': '>25', 'en': '>25'} °C/km

with metamorphism within

{'zh': '<10', 'en': '<10'} Myr after

at geothermal gradients

{'zh': '', 'en': '30'} °C/km