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PROF. v. BEMMELEN recently asked me to calculate the thermal effect of Serpentinization of an upper layer of the mantle, if fresh peridotite is supplied through a process of convexion currents or mass circuits. This question is related to the hypothesis of Hess1,2, according to which the seismologically determined ‘basaltic’ layer under the oceans would be a serpentinite.
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SCHUILING, R. Serpentinization as a Possible Cause of High Heat-flow Values in and near the Oceanic Ridges. Nature 201, 807–808 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201807b0
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