Evidence for channelized external fluid flow and element transfer in subducting slabs (Raspas Complex, Ecuador)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 310-311, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-96

  Herms, Petra ^a   John, Timm ^a,b   Bakker, Ronald J ^c   Schenk, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Element mobility; Fluid inclusions; Metasomatized eclogites; Spinifex textured harzburgite; Subduction; Zoisite veins

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITES; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUID INCLUSION; HARZBURGITES; SUBDUCTION; ZOISITE VEINS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GARNETS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; RUBIDIUM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SERPENTINE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHANNELIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECLOGITE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INCLUSION; HARZBURGITE; METASOMATISM; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZOISITE;

ECUADOR;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 84860138880     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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