Exhumation of oceanic blueschists and eclogites in subduction zones: timing and mechanisms

P Agard, P Yamato, L Jolivet, E Burov - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
High-pressure low-temperature (HP–LT) metamorphic rocks provide invaluable constraints
on the evolution of convergent zones. Based on a worldwide compilation of key information …

Tectonic significance of serpentinites

S Guillot, S Schwartz, B Reynard, P Agard, C Prigent - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
At plate boundaries, where deformation is localized along centimetre-to kilometre-scale
shear zones, the influence of serpentinite on tectonic processes is linked to its unique …

The fate of B, Cl and Li in the subducted oceanic mantle and in the antigorite breakdown fluids

M Scambelluri, O Müntener, L Ottolini, TT Pettke… - Earth and Planetary …, 2004 - Elsevier
We present an inventory of B, Cl and Li concentrations in (a) key minerals from a set of
ultramafic samples featuring the main evolutionary stages encountered by the subducted …

Dehydration of subducting serpentinite: implications for halogen mobility in subduction zones and the deep halogen cycle

T John, M Scambelluri, M Frische, JD Barnes… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigated the halogen (Cl, F, Br, and I) chemistry of serpentinites that record
progressive dehydration during subduction from shallow oceanic environments via …

Faults (shear zones) in the Earth's mantle

A Vauchez, A Tommasi, D Mainprice - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Geodetic data support a short-term continental deformation localized in faults bounding
lithospheric blocks. Whether major “faults” observed at the surface affect the lithospheric …

Melt/peridotite interaction in the Southern Lanzo peridotite: field, textural and geochemical evidence

GB Piccardo, A Zanetti, O Müntener - Lithos, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper presents field, petrographic–structural and geochemical data on spinel and
plagioclase peridotites from the southern domain of the Lanzo ophiolitic peridotite massif …

The importance of serpentinite mylonites for subduction and exhumation of oceanic crust

J Hermann, O Müntener, M Scambelluri - Tectonophysics, 2000 - Elsevier
In the ultramafic Erro-Tobbio unit (Voltri-Massif; Western Alps) a set of overprinting structures
in serpentinite mylonites is related to Alpine subduction to about 80km depth and to …

Boron isotope evidence for shallow fluid transfer across subduction zones by serpentinized mantle

M Scambelluri, S Tonarini - Geology, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Serpentinites formed by alteration of oceanic and forearc mantle are major volatile and fluid-
mobile element reservoirs for arc magmatism, though direct proof of their dominance in the …

An outline of the geology of the Northern Apennines (Italy), with geological map at 1: 250,000 scale

P Conti, G Cornamusini… - Italian Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An outline of the geology of the Italian Northern Apennines, to accompany a geological map
at 1: 250,000 scale covering the Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Tuscany and Umbria regions, is …

Serpentinite subduction: implications for fluid processes and trace-element recycling

M Scambelluri, J Fiebig, N Malaspina… - International Geology …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Serpentinites are important components of the oceanic lithosphere and are viewed as major
water sources in subduction zones. Study of a set of ultramafic rocks equilibrated at …