Coexisting serpentine and quartz from carbonate-bearing serpentinized peridotite in the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-837

  Streit, Elisabeth ^a   Kelemen, Peter ^a   Eiler, John ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration; Carbonation; Clumped isotopes; Oman; Ophiolite; Peridotite; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; QUARTZ; SERPENTINE; SERPENTINIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 84867582769     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0775-z     Document Type: Article

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