Oxygen isotopes in subducted oceanic crust: A new perspective from Siberian diamondiferous eclogites

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3479-3493

  Carmody, Laura ^a   Barry, Peter H ^a   Shervais, John W ^b   Kluesner, Jared W ^c   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

eclogites; hydrothermal alteration; ophiolite; oxygen isotopes; subduction

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEAWATER EFFECTS;

ECLOGITES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; OPHIOLITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SUBDUCTION;

OXYGEN;

DRILLING; ECLOGITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PYROXENITE; SUBDUCTION; XENOLITH;

EID: 84886673198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20220     Document Type: Article

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