Terrigenous helium in deep-sea sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1535-1543

  Marcantonio, Franco ^a   Higgins, Sean ^b,c   Anderson, Robert F ^b   Stute, Martin ^b,d   Schlosser, Peter ^b,c   Rasbury, E Troy ^e  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; TERRIGENOUS MATERIAL;

EID: 0032075985     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00091-X     Document Type: Article

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