Methane and propane micro-inclusions in olivine in titanoclinohumite-bearing dunites from the Sanbagawa high-P metamorphic belt, Japan: Hydrocarbon activity in a subduction zone and Ti mobility

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 353-354, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Arai, Shoji ^a,b   Ishimaru, Satoko ^a   Mizukami, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbons; Mantle wedge; Olivine; Ti mobility; Titanoclinohumite

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION PHASIS; AQUEOUS FLUIDS; ATOMIC RATIO; BRUCITE; CARBONACEOUS MATTER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHROMIAN SPINEL; FOREARC; HIGH PRESSURE; MANTLE WEDGE; METAMORPHIC BELTS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TIO; TITANOCLINOHUMITE;

CHROMIUM; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; METHANE; OLIVINE; PROPANE; SERPENTINE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BRUCITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUNITE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; METHANE; OLIVINE; P-T CONDITIONS; PROPANE; SERPENTINE; SPINEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN; SAMBAGAWA BELT;

EID: 84865540856     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.043     Document Type: Article

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