Raman spectroscopy of hydrous inclusions in olivine and orthopyroxene in ophiolitic harzburgite: Implications for elementary processes in serpentinization

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-96

  Miura, Makoto ^a   Arai, Shoji ^a   Mizukami, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusion relics; Olivine; Orthopyroxene; Raman spectroscopy; Reduced gases; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955735990     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.101021d     Document Type: Letter

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