Large variations in vent fluid CO2/3He ratios signal rapid changes in magma chemistry at Loihi seamount, Hawaii

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6709, 1998, Pages 359-362

  Hilton, D R ^a   McMurtry, G M ^b   Goff, F ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HOT SPOT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; SEAMOUNT; THOLEIITIC BASALT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; VOLCANO; WATER ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032569793     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/24603     Document Type: Article

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