Modification of mantle rocks by plastic flow below spreading centers: Fe isotopic and fabric evidence from the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet

Combined Fe isotopic and olivine fabric analyses have been conducted on the nodular chromitites from the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet, to study the physico-chemical effects of plastic flow in modifying chromitites and their associated mantle peridotites below spreading centers. The Luobusa nodular chromitites are generally composed of fresh dunitic matrices and well-aligned chromite nodules. Olivine grains in both the dunitic matrices and chromite...