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As an active back-arc basin, the Okinawa Trough is located in the southeastern region of the East China Sea shelf and is strongly influenced by the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate. Major element, trace element and Sr-Nd- Pb isotopic composition data are presented for volcanic rocks from the Iheya Ridge (IR), the middle Okinawa Trough. The IR rocks record large variations in major elements and range from basalts to rhyolites. Similar trace element distribution characteristics together with small variations in 87Sr/86Sr (0.703 862–0.704 884), 144Nd/143Nd (0.512 763–0.512 880) and Pb isotopic ratios, demonstrate that the IR rocks are derived from a similar magma source. The fractional crystallization of olivine, clinopyroxene, plagioclase, and amphibole, as well as accessory minerals, can reasonably explain the compositional variations of these IR rocks. The simulations suggest that approximately 60% and 75% fractionation of an evolved basaltic magma can produce trace element compositions similar to those of the intermediate rocks and acid rocks, respectively. The analysis of their Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic content ratios suggest that the source of the rocks from the IR is close to the depleted mantle (DM) but extends to the enriched mantle (EMII), indicating that the mantle source of these rocks is a mixture between the DM and EMII end members. The simulations show that the source of the IR volcanic rocks can be best interpreted as the result of the mixing of approximately 0.8%–2.0% subduction sediment components and 98.0%–99.2% mantlederived melts.
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The authors extend their heartfelt thanks to the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for the supplied samples, Liu Hongyan for help with the analysis of major elements, and Yin Xuebo for help with the analysis of the trace elements of samples.
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Li, X., Zeng, Z., Chen, S. et al. Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions of volcanic rocks from the Iheya Ridge, the middle Okinawa Trough: implications for petrogenesis and a mantle source. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 37, 73–88 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-017-1118-8
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