Mineralogical evidence for H2 degassing during serpentinization at 300°C/300bar

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 303, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 281-290

  Marcaillou, C ^a   Munoz M ^a   Vidal, O ^a   Parra, T ^b   Harfouche, M ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Hydrothermal field; Serpentine; XANES

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; FERRIC IRON; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ICP-AES; IN-SITU; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; LIZARDITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; OXIDATION OF FE; PRODUCTION RATES; PURE WATER; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SERPENTINIZATION; TETRAHEDRAL IRON; XANES; XRD;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; DEGASSING; EXPERIMENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KAOLINITE; MAGNETITE; MINERALS; OLIVINE; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

DEGASSING; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LHERZOLITE; LIZARDITE; MAGNETITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; OXIDATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENE; SERPENTINE; SERPENTINIZATION;

EID: 79952107541     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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