Volcanic rocks at island arcs can show characteristics of the subducting oceanic plate. The isotopic signature of rocks at the Izu-Bonin arc in the northwest Pacific suggest the presence of Indian-type rather than Pacific-type oceanic crust.
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Whittaker, J. The hydrangeas of plate tectonics. Nature Geosci 2, 246–247 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo492
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