Metamorphic devolatilization of subducted marine sediments and the transport of volatiles into the Earth's mantle

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6835, 2001, Pages 293-296

  Kerrick, D M ^a   Connelly, J A D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; LIMESTONE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SEDIMENTS; VAPORIZATION; VOLCANOES;

SUBDUCTION ZONES;

GEOLOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VOLATILIZATION; VOLCANO;

EID: 0035902044     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35077056     Document Type: Article

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