Isotopic evidence for a solar argon component in the Earth's mantle

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6694, 1998, Pages 664-667

  Pepin, R O ^a  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; GLASS; ISOTOPE; KRYPTON; NEON; XENON;

ARGON; BASALT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE; NOBLE GAS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032514404     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29272     Document Type: Article

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