Serpentinization of abyssal peridotites from the MARK area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Sulfur geochemistry and reaction modeling

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-653

  Alt, Jeffrey C ^a   Shanks III , Wayne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SULFUR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037441712     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01142-0     Document Type: Article

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