Anomalously nucleogenic neon in North Chile Ridge basalt glasses suggesting a previously degassed mantle source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 447-462

  Niedermann, Samuel ^a   Bach, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Chile Ridge; Mantle; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Neon; Noble gasses; North Chile Ridge; Pacific ocean

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MANTLE; NEON;

NORTH CHILE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032448884     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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