Noble gas constraints on degassing processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 375-386

  Moreira, Manuel ^a,b   Sarda, Philippe ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Dept Sci Terre UMR O   (France)

Author keywords

Degassing; Mantle plumes; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NOBLE GAS;

EID: 0034732291     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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