Helium isotope composition of the early Iceland mantle plume inferred from the Tertiary picrites of West Greenland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 241-255

  Graham, D W ^a   Larsen, L M ^b,c   Hanan, B B ^d   Storey, M ^b   Pedersen, A K ^b,e   Lupton, J E ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland; Helium; Isotopes; Mantle plumes; Olivine; Picrite; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE PLUME; OLIVINE; PICRITE; TERTIARY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032456516     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00083-1     Document Type: Article

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