The Argon constraints on mantle structure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3555-3557

  Allègre, Claude J ^a   Hofmann, Albrecht ^b   O'Nions, Keith ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Lab de Geochimie et Cosmochimie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ARGON; CALCULATIONS; ISOTOPES; RADIOGENIC GASES; SILICATES;

AR ISOTOPES; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SOLID EARTH;

BUDGET CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ARGON CONSTRAINTS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES;

ARGON-40; LAYERING; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030441281     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03373     Document Type: Article

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