Boron, lithium and strontium isotopes as tracers of seawater-serpentinite interaction at Mid-Atlantic ridge, ODP Leg 209

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 414-425

  Vils, Flurin ^a   Tonarini, Sonia ^b   Kalt, Angelika ^a   Seitz, Hans Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

11B; 7Li; 87Sr 86Sr; ODP Leg 209; peridotite; serpentinized harzburgite

Indexed keywords

87SR/86SR; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CLINOPYROXENES; DRILL HOLE; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; HARZBURGITES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; IN-LINE; LI ISOTOPES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC PLATE; ODP LEG 209; ORTHOPYROXENE; PERIDOTITE; ROCK INTERACTION; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; WATER/ROCK RATIO;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; BUDGET CONTROL; FLUIDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; OLIVINE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; ROCKS; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LITHIUM;

BORON ISOTOPE; HARZBURGITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAWATER; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 70249110004     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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