Serpentinization of mantle‐derived peridotites at mid‐ocean ridges: Mesh texture development in the context of tectonic exhumation

Abstract At slow spreading ridges, axial detachment faults exhume mantle‐derived peridotites and hydrothermal alteration causes serpentinization in a domain extending more than 1 km next to the fault. At the microscopic scale, serpentinization progresses from a microfracture network toward the cente...

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Published in:	Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Main Authors:	Stéphane Rouméjon, Mathilde Cannat
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2014-06-01
Subjects:	mid‐ocean ridge processes petrography microstructures textures fractures and faults serpentinization
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GC005148