Volatiles (He, C, N, Ar) in mid-ocean ridge basalts: Assesment of shallow-level fractionation and characterization of source composition

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3619-3633

  Marty, Bernard ^a,b   Zimmermann, Laurent ^a,b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 0033391809     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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