Hydrothermal anorthitization of plagioclase within the magmatic/hydrothermal transition at mid-ocean ridges: Examples from deep sheeted dikes (Hole 504B, Costa Rica Rift) and a sheeted dike root zone (Oman ophiolite)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 27-43

  Vanko, David A ^a   Laverne, Christine ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Anorthite; Hydrothermal alteration; Mid ocean ridges; Ophiolite; Sheeted dikes

Indexed keywords

DIKE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OPHIOLITE; PLAGIOCLASE;

OMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032424841     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00155-1     Document Type: Article

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