Squeezing out the slab - modelling the release of Li, Be and B during progressive high-pressure metamorphism

Chemical Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 323-335

  Marschall, Horst R ^a   Altherr, Rainer ^a   Rüpke, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Boron isotopes; Dehydration; Lithium; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BORON ISOTOPE; DEHYDRATION; FLUID COMPOSITION; HIGH PRESSURE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; LITHOLOGY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 34147181710     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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