Atmospheric noble gases in volcanic glasses from the southern Lau Basin: Origin from the subducting slab?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 297-309

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

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Backarc basin; Basalts; Lau Basin; Noble gas; Pacific ocean; Subduction zone; Volcanic glass

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; NOBLE GAS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC GLASS;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032456517     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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