The subcontinental mantle beneath southern New Zealand, characterised by helium isotopes in intraplate basalts and gas-rich springs

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2489-2507

  Hoke, L ^a   Poreda, R ^b   Reay, A ^c   Weaver, S D ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HELIUM ISOTOPE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033943335     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00346-X     Document Type: Article

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