Mapping out the conduit of the Iceland mantle plume with helium isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-55

  Breddam, Kresten ^a   Kurz, Mark D ^b   Storey, Michael ^a  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalts; Helium; Iceland; Isotopes; Lead; Mantle plumes

Indexed keywords

HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE PLUME; PILLOW LAVA;

ICELAND;

EID: 0034724087     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00313-1     Document Type: Article

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