The uniform and low 3He/4He ratios of HIMU basalts as evidence for their origin as recycled materials

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6657, 1997, Pages 273-276

  Hanyu, Takeshi ^a   Kaneoka, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASALTS; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HIMU; IGEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEA; SEDIMENT;

AUSTRAL ISLANDS; COOK ISLANDS; PACIFIC;

EID: 0030862327     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36835     Document Type: Article

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