The first paper from my Post-Doc at BC with Mark Behn was published this week in G3. This contribution explores the evolution and fate of sediment diapirs that form in subduction zones. We use thermodynamic phase equilibria modelling coupled with a geodynamic code to show that a range of diapir behaviors are viable at modern subduction zones, including both melting within the mantle wedge and relamination to the base of the arc crust. The paper is available here.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Lausanne