Trace-element mobilization in slabs due to non steady-state fluid-rock interaction: Constraints from an eclogite-facies transport vein in blueschist (Tianshan, China)

Lithos

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-24

  John, Timm ^a,b   Klemd, Reiner ^c   Gao, Jun ^d   Garbe Schönberg, Carl Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Blueschist dehydration; High pressure vein; Hydraulic fracturing; Long distance fluid flow; Subduction zone; Trace element mobility

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; DEHYDRATION; ECLOGITE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

LILE; MICAS;

EID: 44449086815     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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