Production of nucleogenic neon in the Earth from natural radioactive decay

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B5, 1997, Pages 10291-10298

  Yatsevich, Igor ^a   Honda, Masahiko ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; MANTLE; NEON ISOTOPE; NUCLEOGENIC ELEMENT; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

EID: 0031438990     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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