Guatemala jadeitites and albitites were formed by deuterium-rich serpentinizing fluids deep within a subduction zone

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 629-632

  Johnson, Craig A ^a   Harlow, George E ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; MAGNESITE; MINERALOGY; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

FLUID INCLUSION; LOW TEMPERATURES; METAMORPHIC FLUIDS; METASOMATIC ROCKS; SERPENTINIZATION; SPREADING RIDGE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

ALBITE; JADEITE; METASOMATISM; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GUATEMALA; MOTAGUA VALLEY;

EID: 0032693185     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0629:GJAAWF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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