Geophysically constrained mantle mass flows and the 40Ar budget: A degassed lower mantle?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 149-162

  Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ar 40; Degassing; Isotopes; Mantle; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

ARGON 40; DEGASSING; MANTLE;

EID: 0033558865     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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