In situ serpentinization and hydrous fluid metasomatism in spinel dunite xenoliths from the Bearpaw Mountains, Montana, USA

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1443-1475

  Facer, John ^a,b   Downes, Hilary ^a,b   Beard, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrous metasomatism; Mantle serpentinization; Montana; Subduction; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DUNITE; EOCENE; HYDRATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PROCESS; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION; MOHO; SERPENTINIZATION; SPINEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; XENOLITH;

BEARPAW MOUNTAINS; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249160790     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp037     Document Type: Article

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