Geochemical characteristics of chloritization of mafic crust from the northern Oman ophiolite: Implications for estimating the chemical budget of hydrothermal alteration of the oceanic lithosphere

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 156-163

  Yoshitake, Naoya ^a   Arai, Shoji ^a   Ishida, Yoshito ^a   Tamura, Akihiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloritization; Eu anomaly; Gabbros; Hydrothermal circulation; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949111973     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.081022b     Document Type: Letter

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