Proto-Tethys Ocean Archives

(a) Reconstruction of the onset and spreading of the Proto-Tethys Ocean at ca. 620 Ma after the breakup of the Rodinia Supercontinent; (b) migration of the oceanic plate results in significant changes in the thickness of the lithospheric mantle above the mantle plume and its melting depth, resulting in different magma compositions; (c) continuous plume activity of 620–470 Ma forms the seamount chain. With oceanic plate subduction, the buoyant seamount chain reaches the subduction zone and may accrete to the continent or be subducted with the oceanic crust to the deep mantle -- Science Bulletin

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Long-lived Mantle Plume Tracing The Onset And Spreading Of The Proto-Tethys Ocean

by Keith CowingAugust 1, 2025October 7, 2025

This study is led by Dr. Jinran Qiao (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University), Prof. Shuguang Song (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University), associate professor Jie […]

Proto-Tethys Ocean

Long-lived Mantle Plume Tracing The Onset And Spreading Of The Proto-Tethys Ocean

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