Initial results from the Oman drilling project multi‐borehole observatory: Petrogenesis and ongoing alteration of mantle peridotite in the weathering horizon

PB Kelemen, JA Leong… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Oman Drilling Project “Multi‐Borehole Observatory”(MBO) samples an area of
active weathering of tectonically exposed peridotite. This article reviews the geology of the …

Geochemistry and petrology of listvenite in the Samail ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman: Complete carbonation of peridotite during ophiolite emplacement

ES Falk, PB Kelemen - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Extensive outcrops of listvenite—fully carbonated peridotite, with all Mg in carbonate
minerals and all Si in quartz—occur along the basal thrust of the Samail ophiolite in Oman …

Listvenite formation during mass transfer into the leading edge of the mantle wedge: initial results from Oman Drilling Project Hole BT1B

PB Kelemen, J Carlos de Obeso… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides an overview of research on core from Oman Drilling Project Hole BT1B
and the surrounding area, plus new data and calculations, constraining processes in the …

Sequestration of atmospheric CO2 in chrysotile mine tailings of the Woodsreef Asbestos Mine, Australia: Quantitative mineralogy, isotopic fingerprinting and …

HC Oskierski, BZ Dlugogorski, G Jacobsen - Chemical Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
Since closure of the Woodsreef Asbestos Mine, located in the Great Serpentinite Belt (GSB),
New South Wales, Australia, extensive carbonate-rich crusts have formed by recessive …

Carbonation of ophiolitic ultramafic rocks: Listvenite formation in the Late Cretaceous ophiolites of eastern Iran

A Boskabadi, IK Pitcairn, MI Leybourne, DAH Teagle… - Lithos, 2020 - Elsevier
Late Cretaceous mantle peridotite of the Birjand ophiolite (eastern Iran) contains variably
serpentinized and carbonated/listvenitized rocks. Transformation from harzburgite protolith …

Mg isotope fractionation during continental weathering and low temperature carbonation of ultramafic rocks

HC Oskierski, A Beinlich, V Mavromatis… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
The Mg-isotope systematics of peridotite weathering and low-temperature carbonation have
not yet been thoroughly investigated, despite their potential to provide insights into reaction …

Mineralisation of atmospheric CO2 in hydromagnesite in ultramafic mine tailings–Insights from Mg isotopes

HC Oskierski, CC Turvey, S Wilson… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study we present the first Mg isotope data that record the fate of Mg during
mineralisation of atmospheric CO 2 in ultramafic mine tailings. At the Woodsreef Asbestos …

Clumped-isotope thermometry of magnesium carbonates in ultramafic rocks

PG del Real, K Maher, T Kluge, DK Bird… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Magnesium carbonate minerals produced by reaction of H 2 O–CO 2 with ultramafic rocks
occur in a wide range of paragenetic and tectonic settings and can thus provide insights into …

Dissolution–precipitation processes governing the carbonation and silicification of the serpentinite sole of the New Caledonia ophiolite

M Ulrich, M Munoz, S Guillot, M Cathelineau… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2014 - Springer
The weathering of mantle peridotite tectonically exposed to the atmosphere leads commonly
to natural carbonation processes. Extensive cryptocrystalline magnesite veins and stock …

On the relative timing of listwaenite formation and chromian spinel equilibration in serpentinites

HA Gahlan, MK Azer, PD Asimow - American Mineralogist, 2018 - degruyter.com
Ultramafic rocks exposed at the Earth's surface generally record multiple stages of evolution
that may include melt extraction, serpentinization, carbonatization, and metamorphism …