绝大多数蛇纹石化作用的研究都局限于阿尔卑斯橄榄岩和海洋超镁铁岩。这些蛇纹岩类经常具有变形的证据,而阿尔卑斯橄榄岩却缺失变质晕圈,说明它们是构造侵位的。一般认为蛇纹石化作用发生在超镁铁岩历史的早期,即在变形阶段,温度大约为300℃。巴恩斯(Barnes)等提出了另一种观点。根据部份蛇纹石化的阿尔卑斯超镁铁岩 The vast majority of serpentinization studies have been limited to the Alpine peridotites and marine ultramafic rocks. These serpentinite types often have evidence of deformation, whereas the Alpine peridotites lack the altered halo, indicating that they are tectonic emplacements. Serpentinization is generally believed to occur early in the history of ultramafic rocks, ie, at a deformation stage, the temperature is about 300 ° C. Barnes and others put forward another point of view. According to the part of the serpentine Alpine ultramafic rocks