Contrasting origins of serpentinites in a subduction complex, northern Dominican Republic

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 292-304

  Saumur, Benoit Michel ^a   Hattori, Kéiko H ^a   Guillot, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES; ANTIGORITE; ATOMIC RATIO; BAHAMAS; BULK ROCKS; BULK-ROCK COMPOSITION; FAULT ZONE; FOREARC; FOREARC MANTLE WEDGE; FORSTERITES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; LIZARDITE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MANTLE WEDGE; OPHIOLITE COMPLEX; ORTHOPYROXENE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PROTOLITHS; SERPENTINITE; SHALLOW DEPTHS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; WEIGHT RATIOS;

CHROMIUM; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; IRIDIUM; KAOLINITE; OLIVINE; PLATINUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

LITHOLOGY;

CARIBBEAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULT ZONE; MAGNESIUM; PERIDOTITE; PROTOLITH; SERPENTINITE; SILICATE MINERAL; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY; TRANSPRESSION;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 77950215993     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26530.1     Document Type: Article

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