Volatile (H2O, CO2, Cl, S) budget of the Central American subduction zone

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2101-2127

  Freundt, A ^a   Grevemeyer, I ^a   Rabbel, W ^b   Hansteen, T H ^a   Hensen, C ^a   Wehrmann, H ^a   Kutterolf, S ^a   Halama, R ^b,c   Frische, M ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Forearc dewatering; Subduction fluids; Subduction input

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORIDE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; SERPENTINIZATION; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SULFUR; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 84908566966     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-014-1001-1     Document Type: Article

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