Helium and neon isotopes in the Imnaha Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Group: Evidence for a Yellowstone plume source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 443-451

  Dodson, Allen ^a,b   Kennedy, B Mack ^a,b   DePaolo, Donald J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia River Basalt Group; Flood basalts; Geochemistry; He 4 He 3; Ne 22 Ne 21; Ne 22 Ne20; Plumes

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; HELIUM ISOTOPE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; NEON ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS;

USA;

EID: 0031428031     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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