Noble gas behaviour and composition in the mantle: Constraints from the Iceland plume

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-207

  Harrison, D ^a   Burnard, P ^a   Turner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iceland; Mantle; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Models; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NOBLE GAS; UPPER MANTLE;

ICELAND;

EID: 0032700113     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00143-0     Document Type: Article

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