Were deep cratonic mantle roots hydrated in Archean oceans?

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 667-670

  Canil, Dante ^a   Lee, Cin Ty A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES; ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL VARIABILITY; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE MELTING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEAN FLOOR; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC; PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS; PROTOLITHS; SEA FLOOR; TOPDOWN;

HYDRATES; HYDRATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SILICA; WEATHERING;

SILICON;

ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELTING; PERIDOTITE; SEAFLOOR; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 69649107583     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25610A.1     Document Type: Article

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