Implications of the serpentine phase transition on the behaviour of beryllium and lithium-boron of subducted ultramafic rocks

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1249-1271

  Vils, Flurin ^a,b   Müntener, Othmar ^c   Kalt, Angelika ^a   Ludwig, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BORON; JURASSIC; LITHIUM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 79451472601     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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