Stable isotope compositions of serpentinite seamounts in the Mariana forearc: Serpentinization processes, fluid sources and sulfur metasomatism

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 272-285

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean Drilling Program; Seamounts; Serpentinization; Site 779; Site 780; Site 784; Stable isotopes; Subduction

Indexed keywords

OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEAMOUNTS; SERPENTINIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBDUCTION;

BASALT; COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SERPENTINE;

METASOMATISM; SEAMOUNT; SERPENTINITE;

MARIANA ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 32344447138     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.063     Document Type: Article

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