Constraints on origin and evolution of Red Sea brines form helium and argon isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 671-683

  Winckler, Gisela ^a   Aeschbach Hertig, Werner ^b   Kipfer, Rolf ^b,c   Botz, Reiner ^d   Rübel, André P ^a   Bayer, Reinhold ^a   Stoffers, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ar 40; Brines; He 3; Hydrothermal vents; Mid ocean ridges; Noble gases; Red sea

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0035079153     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00345-9     Document Type: Article

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