Helium isotope ratios in Ethiopian Rift basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 505-516

  Scarsi, P ^a   Craig, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afar Depression; Ethiopian Rift; He 4 He 3; Rifting

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHENOCRYST; RIFTING;

AFRICA, AFAR DEPRESSION; AFRICA, ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

EID: 0030441362     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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