Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in …

MF Zhou, PT Robinson, BX Su, JF Gao, JW Li… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites in the mantle sections of ophiolites belong to either high-Cr
(metallurgical) or high-Al (refractory) varieties. Their highly variable compositions are …

Formation and modification of chromitites in the mantle

S Arai, M Miura - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites have long supplied us with unrivaled information on various mantle
processes, including the peridotite-magma reaction, deep-seated magmatic evolution, and …

Fingerprints of metamorphism in chromite: New insights from minor and trace elements

V Colás, JM González-Jiménez, WL Griffin, I Fanlo… - Chemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
A suite of minor and trace elements (Ga, Ti, Ni, Zn, Co, Mn, V, Sc) in chromite grains from
ophiolitic chromitites subjected to high-pressure metamorphism defines a metamorphic …

Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part I. A review and new ideas on the origin and significance of platinum-group minerals

JM González-Jiménez, WL Griffin, F Gervilla… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Platinum-group minerals are the dominant control on the budget of platinum-group elements
in ophiolitic chromitites. They vary widely in distribution, morphology, chemistry and Os …

UHP metamorphism documented in Ti-chondrodite-and Ti-clinohumite-bearing serpentinized ultramafic rocks from Chinese southwestern Tianshan

T Shen, J Hermann, L Zhang, Z Lü… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The southwestern Tianshan (China) metamorphic belt records high-pressure (HP)
to ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) conditions corresponding to a cold oceanic subduction-zone …

Genesis and tectonic implications of podiform chromitites in the metamorphosed ultramafic massif of Dobromirtsi (Bulgaria)

JM González-Jiménez, M Locmelis, E Belousova… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites occur in the meta-dunite horizon of the Dobromirtsi ultramafic massif, in
the Central Rhodope metamorphic core complex (southern Bulgaria). Although these were …

Compositional variations of chromite and solid inclusions in ophiolitic chromitites from the southeastern Turkey: Implications for chromitite genesis

RM Akmaz, I Uysal, S Saka - Ore Geology Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Chromitites, associated with upper mantle peridotites of ophiolites from southeastern Turkey,
are lenticular bodies or veinlets made up of massive, banded and disseminated chromite …

The intrinsic nature of antigorite breakdown at 3 GPa: Experimental constraints on redox conditions of serpentinite dehydration in subduction zones

J Maurice, N Bolfan-Casanova, S Demouchy… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2020 - Springer
Antigorite is considered as the most important source of water in subduction zones, playing
a key role during arc magma genesis. Although, these magmas seem more oxidized than …

The Guleman ophiolitic chromitites (SE Turkey) and their link to a compositionally evolving mantle source during subduction initiation

I Uysal, A Kapsiotis, RM Akmaz, S Saka, HM Seitz - Ore Geology Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Economically viable chrome ore bodies are hosted within a unit of pervasively serpentinized
harzburgite in the Guleman mine of the homonymous ophiolite in SE Turkey. Chrome ores …

Geochemical evidence for forearc metasomatism of peridotite in the Xigaze ophiolite during subduction initiation in Neo-Tethyan Ocean, south to Tibet

MS Zhao, YX Chen, YF Zheng - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Subduction initiation is one of the key processes in the operation of plate tectonics. Our
understanding of this process is largely derived from geochemical studies of basaltic rocks …