Generating magmas in the mantle

In this work, we are primarily interested in understanding where magmas form in the mantle.  We are currently interested in the generation of arc magmas in the mantle.  What modulates the depth of magma generation in arcs?  How does the thickness of the over-riding plate control melt generation?  Are there important feedbacks in this process that limit melting or promote melting?  What does the migration or lack of migration of the arc front tell us about magmatism at depth?  We are also interested in what controls the origin and fate of magmas in intraplate environments.

Zheng, J. P., Lee, C.-T. A., Lu, J. G., Zhao, J. H., Wu, Y. B., Xia, B., Li, X. Y., Zhang, J. F., Liu, Y. S., 2015, Refertilization-driven destabilization of subcontinental mantle and the importance of initial lithospheric thickness for the fate of continents, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 409: 225-231.

Chin, E. J., Lee, C-T A, Blichert-Toft, J., 2015, Geochronologic constraints on the thermal evolution of the deep lithosphere beneath continental arcs, in press Geochemical Perspectives Letters.

Chin, E. J., Lee, C.-T. A., Barnes, J., 2014, Thickening, refertilization, and the deep lithosphere filter in continental arcs: constraints from major and trace elements and oxygen isotopes, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.397:184-200; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.022

Lee, C-T A, 2014, The physics and chemistry of recycling lower continental crust, Treatise of Geochemistry, 2nd edition, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.00314-4.

Karlstrom, L., Lee, C-T A, Manga, M, 2014, The role of magmatic crustal thickening on arc front migration, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15: doi:10.1002/2014GC005355.