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Abstract Detachment faults in mid‐ocean ridge settings accommodate tectonic extension. These faults are potentially weakened by alteration through phyllosilicate‐ and amphibole‐mineral formation. Seven core samples taken from the Krafla and Reykjanes geothermal fields in Iceland allow for the study of the effect of mineral alteration on the frictional ...
Barnaby Fryer +8 more
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Troodos: A Giant Serpentinite Diapir
Troodos is a classical ophiolite complex. It is proposed that the serpentinized harzburgites that now form the top of the mountain and represent the originally lowest part of the ophiolite sequence rose as a diapir. This diapiric rise is caused by the pervasive serpentinization of a suboceanic harzburgite, due to rock-sea water interaction.
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Heat transport in serpentinites
Abstract The thermal transport properties thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity were examined for a variety of serpentinites as a function of temperature at ambient pressure. The thermal transport properties of serpentinites show an extraordinary behavior.
Seipold, U., Schilling, F.
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Abstract When, where, and how much fluid is released from subducting oceanic crust control deformation, element cycling, and magmatism in subduction zones. However, the palimpsest of tectonometamorphic processes in the exhumed rock record complicates the relation of geologic observations to geodynamic models of subduction fluid sources and transport ...
P. C. Lindquist +4 more
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Serpentinite Slurries against Forest Fires
Forest Fires Are One of the Commonest Natural Hazards. Forest Fires Make the largest Contribution to Co2 Emissions After the Burning of Fossil Fuels. Here a New technology is Proposed to Extinguish Forest Fires Not with Water, but with a Slurry of Serpentine.
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Structure of the North‐Central Chile Subduction Zone From Local Earthquake Tomography
Abstract The fluid cycle in subduction zones prescribes large parts of its structure and seismogenic behavior. Background seismicity inside the downgoing slab is linked to fluid release from dehydration reactions, whereas fluid overpressure along the plate interface can alter interplate coupling, megathrust earthquakes, and the presence or absence of ...
Nicolás Hernández‐Soto +8 more
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Serpentinites are major carriers of volatiles in deep subduction zones, releasing most fluids in the 500–650°C range. Despite fundamental implications for mass transfer and intermediate‐depth seismicity, the mechanical role of these fluids is unclear. To
J. Muñoz‐Montecinos +6 more
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Chromespinel and Magnetite as Indicators for Recognition of Genesis and History of Serpentinites in Baft Ophiolite Mélange (Kerman Province in Iran) [PDF]
Baft ophiolite mélange is a part of Naein-Baft ophiolite (southeast of Kerman province in Iran). Serpentinites from Baft ophiolite mélange contain different types of spinels such as chromite, chromespinel, ferritchromite and magnetite which can reveal ...
N. Mohammadi, H. Ahmadipour
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A ocorrência de brusone e insetos-praga tem limitado a produtividade de arroz irrigado na região tropical, razão que este trabalho foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos do serpentinito calcinado e da volastonita na severidade de brusone, na ...
Alberto B. dos Santos +3 more
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The Anarak ophiolite complex is in northeastern Isfahan, at the northwestern boundary of the Central Iranian Microcontinent. This complex consists of serpentinized mantle peridotites, cumulate gabbros, pillow lavas, mafic-ultramafic dikes, glaucophane ...
Mohammad Vahedi +2 more
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