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Direct evidence of present-day serpentinization in the Jimberlana Intrusion, Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

I. H. Campbell
I. H. Campbell
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Department of GeologyUniversity of MelbourneParkville, VictoriaAustralia3052
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Summary

Four vertical holes drilled into the olivine cumulates of the Jimberlana Intrusion all show a decrease in serpentinization with depth, suggesting that serpentinization can be a low temperature, present-day process.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 112 , Issue 1 , January 1975 , pp. 77 - 80
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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