Petrologic ideas for identification of ocean-continent transition: Recognition of intra-oceanic arc and initial subduction
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    In this paper, the authors describe the rock assemblage series and geochemical characteristics of the intra-oceanic arc and initial arc during the ocean-continent transition, and propose that the magmatic arc was formed together with the ocean-continent transition and the underplating crust-mantle transition. The former arc environment was the place where the primary continent was formed by the ocean-continent transition, which constituted diagnostic basalts of former arc of intra-oceanic arc similar to the midoceanic ridge. The formation process of the continent is as follows: the oceanic crust grew from the mantle, and the immature arccontinent crust grew from the ocean-continent transition in the oceanic crust: at last, the mature continent crust grew from the curstmantle transition of underplating arc-continent crust. Therefore, the growth and formation of the earth's crust was mainly realized by the accretion of magma.

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XIAO Qing-hui, LI Ting-dong, PAN Gui-tang, LU Song-nian, DING Xiao-zhong, DENG Jin-fu, FENG Yi-min, LIU Yong, KOU Cai-hua, YANG Lin-lin. Petrologic ideas for identification of ocean-continent transition: Recognition of intra-oceanic arc and initial subduction[J]. Geology in China, 2016, 43(3): 721-737(in Chinese with English abstract).

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  • Received:October 12,2015
  • Revised:December 01,2015
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  • Online: June 28,2016
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