Dehydration of subducting serpentinite: Implications for halogen mobility in subduction zones and the deep halogen cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 65-76

  John, Timm ^a,b   Scambelluri, Marco ^c   Frische, Matthias ^d   Barnes, Jaime D ^e   Bach, Wolfgang ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorine isotopes; Deep recycling; Dehydration; Halogens; Serpentinites; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

ANTIGORITE; ARC VOLCANOES; BRUCITE; DEEP RECYCLING; FOREARC; HALOGEN CYCLE; HALOGENS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MASS BALANCE; OCEANIC ENVIRONMENTS; ORTHOPYROXENE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SEA FLOOR; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINITES; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE FLUIDS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

BROMINE; CHLORINE; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; FLUIDS; IODINE; ISOTOPES; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; OLIVINE; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; SERPENTINE; TECTONICS;

FLUORINE;

ANTIGORITE; BRUCITE; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; DEHYDRATION; HALOGEN; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS BALANCE; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEIN (GEOLOGY); WALL ROCK;

EID: 79959951654     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.038     Document Type: Article

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