Preservation of methane generated during serpentinization of upper mantle rocks: Evidence from fluid inclusions in the Nidar ophiolite, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh (India)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-59

  Sachan, Himanshu K ^a   Mukherjee, Barun K ^a   Bodnar, Robert J ^b  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antigorite; lizardite; methane fluid inclusions; Nidar ophiolite; Raman spectroscopy; serpentinization

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSIONS; OPHIOLITE SEQUENCE; SERPENTINIZATION; SUPRASUBDUCTION ZONE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; HYDRATION; INCLUSIONS; METHANE; POLYMORPHISM; SERPENTINE; TECTONICS;

MINERALOGY;

FLUID INCLUSION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDITE; METAMORPHISM; METHANE; OPHIOLITE; PRESERVATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247120170     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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