Long-term cosmogenic 3He production rates (152 ka-1.35 Ma) from 40Ar/39Ar dated basalt flows at 29°N latitude

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-156

  Dunai, Tibor J ^a   Wijbrans, Jan R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic elements; Exposure age; Helium; Magnetic field; Production; Rates

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; HELIUM ISOTOPE; LAVA FLOW; OLIVINE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0034724056     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00308-8     Document Type: Article

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