Plume-derived rare gases in 380 Ma carbonatites from the Kola region (Russia) and the argon isotopic composition in the deep mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 179-192

  Marty, Bernard ^a,b   Tolstikhin, Igor ^a,b,c   Kamensky, Igor L ^c   Nivin, Valentin ^c   Balaganskaya, Elena ^c   Zimmermann, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Argon; Baltic shield; Carbonatites; Kola Peninsula; Mantle; Neon

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBONATITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NEON; VOLCANIC GAS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032535812     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00202-7     Document Type: Article

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