A Chemical Study of Serpentinization--Burro Mountain, California |
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| Authors: | COLEMAN R G; KEITH T E |
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| Institution: | U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, California, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Serpentinized dunites and harzburgites from the Burro Mountainperidotite show no change in the ratio of iron and magnesiato silica when compared with the same ratio for the unserpentinizedequivalents. The mineral assemblage resulting from serpentinizationconsists of lizardite-chrysotile, brucite, and magnetite andis determined by the original bulk composition of the peridotite.The chemical and mineralogical data indicate that serpentinizationproceeded under isochemical conditions except for the introductionof water into the peridotite. Expansion accompanies serpentinizationbecause the serpentine products occupy a greater volume thanthe peridotite protolith. Tectonic emplacement of the BurroMountain peridotite was facilitated by serpentinization andthe attendant expansion. |
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