supported in part by the Pilot Project of the Knowledge Innovation Project,Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos KZCX2-YW-211,KZCX3-SW-223);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No 40830849);the Special Foundation forthe Eleventh Five Plan of COMRA (Grant No DYXM-115-02-1-03)
A detailed petrologic and mineralogic study was carried out on serpentinized peridotites dredged from the southern landward slopes of the Mariana Trench, in order to reveal the serpentinization process of these unusua...