Emplacement of ultramafic rocks into the continental crust monitored by light and other trace elements: An example from the Geisspfad body (Swiss-Italian Alps)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 143-159

  Pelletier, Laure ^a   Müntener, Othmar ^b   Kalt, Angelika ^a   Vennemann, Torsten W ^b   Belgya, Tamás ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Boron; Fluid flow; Lithium; Serpentinite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; COUNTRY ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID FLOW; LITHIUM; PERIDOTITE; SERPENTINITE; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 50449094174     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.024     Document Type: Article

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