Constraining the rate and extent of mantle serpentinization from seismic and petrological data: Implications for chemosynthesis and tectonic processes

Geofluids

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 153-164

  Skelton, Alasdair ^a   Whitmarsh, R ^b   Arghe, F ^a   Crill, P ^a   Koyi, H ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CH4; Chemosynthesis; Iberia; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; SERPENTINIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22844448186     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2005.00111.x     Document Type: Review

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