Incipient hydration of mantle lithosphere at ridges: A reactive-percolation experiment

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 371-372, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-102

  Godard, Marguerite ^a   Luquot, Linda ^a,b   Andreani, Muriel ^a,c   Gouze, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Mid ocean ridges; Percolation experiment; Reactive transport; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; HYDRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRON OXIDES; OLIVINE; REACTION KINETICS; SERPENTINE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLVENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COUPLED DISSOLUTION PRECIPITATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SERPENTINIZATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HYDRATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SEAWATER; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 84878223001     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.052     Document Type: Article

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