Iron partitioning and hydrogen generation during serpentinization of abyssal peridotites from 15°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6868-6893

  Klein, Frieder ^a   Bach, Wolfgang ^a   Jöns, Niels ^a   McCollom, Tom ^b   Moskowitz, Bruce ^c   Berquó, Thelma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCITE; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; OXIDATION; PARTITIONING; PERIDOTITE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SEAWATER; SERPENTINIZATION; SILICA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 70349733142     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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