Noble gases in the Cameroon line and the He, Ne, and Ar isotopic compositions of high JJL (HIMU) mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B12, 1999, Pages 29509-29527

  Barfod, Dan N ^a,b,c   Ballentine, Chris J ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^a   Godfrey Fitton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MANTLE SOURCE; NEON; VOLCANISM; XENOLITH;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0033545018     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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