Nitrogen and argon isotopes in oceanic basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 101-112

  Marty, Bernard ^a,b   Humbert, Franck ^a,b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Mantle; N 15 N 14; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN;

EID: 0031425952     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00153-2     Document Type: Article

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