The statistics of helium isotopes along the global spreading ridge system and the central limit theorem

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2401-2404

  Anderson, Don L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM ISOTOPE; SPREADING CENTER;

BASALT; HELIUM; STATISTICS; VOLCANOES; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM; GLOBAL SPREADING RIDGE SYSTEM; HELIUM ISOTOPES;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; BASALT;

ARITHMETIC MEAN; CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; NUMBER OF DATUM; OCEANIC ISLANDS; SPREADING RIDGE; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNBIASED ESTIMATES;

EID: 0034352655     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008476     Document Type: Article

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