Limited magnesium isotope fractionation during metamorphic dehydration in metapelites from the Onawa contact aureole, Maine

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 408-415

  Li, Wang Ye ^a,b   Teng, Fang Zhen ^b,c   Wing, Boswell A ^d   Xiao, Yilin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnesium isotopes; Metamorphic dehydration; Onawa contact aureole; Tracing crustal recycling

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL RECYCLING; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MAGNESIUM ISOTOPES; MG CONCENTRATIONS; ONAWA CONTACT AUREOLE; TRACING COMPONENTS;

DEHYDRATION; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; RECYCLING; WEATHERING;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

AUREOLE; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; DEHYDRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; METAPELITE;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897854245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GC004992     Document Type: Article

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