Origin of saponite-rich clays in a fossil serpentinite-hosted hydrothermal system in the crustal basement of the Hyblean Plateau (Sicily, Italy)

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-31

  Manuella, Fabio C ^a   Carbone, Serafina ^a   Barreca, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fischer Tropsch type Synthesis; Hyblean Plateau; Hydrocarbons; Hydrothermal System; Saponite; Sicily

Indexed keywords

ABIOGENIC ORIGIN; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CRUSTAL LEVELS; FTIR; HYBLEAN PLATEAU; HYDROTHERMAL CLAY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMALLY; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; INTENSITY RATIO; IR ABSORPTION; LATE MIOCENE; LOWER CRUST; MECHANISM OF FORMATION; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MULTI-ELEMENT; PHILLIPSITE; SAPONITE; SICILY; TRACE AMOUNTS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; XRD;

ANTIMONY; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BARIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CESIUM; CLAY PRODUCTS; EUROPIUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD; NIOBIUM; QUARTZ; SEAWATER; SERPENTINE; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAPIR; GABBRO; HYDROCARBON; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAFIC ROCK; SAPONITE; SERPENTINITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

HYBLEAN PLATEAU; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84859463358     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2012.0600102     Document Type: Article

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