The role of serpentinites in cycling of carbon and sulfur: Seafloor serpentinization and subduction metamorphism

Lithos

Volumn 178, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-54

  Alt, Jeffrey C ^a   Schwarzenbach, Esther M ^b   Früh Green, Gretchen L ^b   Shanks, Wayne C ^c   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^b   Garrido, Carlos J ^d   Crispini, Laura ^e   Gaggero, Laura ^e   Padrón Navarta, José A ^f   Marchesi, Claudio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; Geochemical cycling; Serpentinite; Stable isotopes; Subduction; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ANTIGORITE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DEHYDRATION; GABBRO; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PERIDOTITE; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SULFIDE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 84882930222     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.12.006     Document Type: Review

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