The nature of pristine noble gases in mantle plumes

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5468, 2000, Pages 1036-1038

  Trieloff, Mario ^a,d   Kunz, Joachim ^a   Clague, David A ^b   Harrison, Darrell ^c   Allègre, Claude J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; INERT GAS; ISOTOPE; KRYPTON; NEON; XENON;

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; NEON; NOBLE GAS; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETESIMAL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GAS ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND;

EID: 0034640361     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5468.1036     Document Type: Article

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