Abundance and isotopic composition of helium in hydrothermal sulfides from the East Pacific rise at 13°N

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Jean Baptiste, Ph ^a   Fouquet, Y ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; HELIUM; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SULFIDES; SULPHIDE;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0029731014     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00357-6     Document Type: Article

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