A helium, argon, and nitrogen record of the upper continental crust (KTB drill holes, Oberpfalz, Germany): Implications for crustal degassing

Chemical Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-101

  Bach, Wolfgang ^a,b   Naumann, Dirk ^a   Erzinger, Jörg ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Degassing; Heat flow; Nitrogen; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEGASSING; HEAT FLOW; HELIUM; NITROGEN; NOBLE GAS;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033614919     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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