Serpentinization of oceanic peridotites: 2. Kinetics and processes of San Carlos olivine hydrothermal alteration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Malvoisin, Benjamin ^a,b   Brunet, Fabrice ^a,b   Carlut, Julie ^a   Rouméjon, Stéphane ^a   Cannat, Mathilde ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METAMORPHISM; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; REACTION KINETICS; SERPENTINIZATION;

EID: 84859731810     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008842     Document Type: Article

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