A new view on the petrogenesis of the Oman ophiolite chromitites from microanalyses of chromite-hosted inclusions

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2411-2440

  Borisova, Anastassia Y ^a,b   Ceuleneer, Georges ^a   Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^c   Arai, Shoji ^d   Béjina, Frédéric ^e   Abily, Bénédicte ^a   Bindeman, Ilya N ^f   Polvé, Mireille ^a   De parseval, Philippe ^a   Aigouy, Thierry ^a   Pokrovski, Gleb S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

AFC; Chromian spinel; Chromitite; Hydrothermal fluid; Inclusions; Moho Transition Zone; MORB; Oman ophiolite; Oxygen isotopes; Protolith; Serpentinites

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAYALITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MAGNETITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPHIOLITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PROTOLITH; QUARTZ; SERPENTINITE; TRANSITION ZONE;

OMAN;

EID: 84870232976     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs054     Document Type: Article

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