Vapour undersaturation in primitive mid-ocean-ridge basalt and the volatile content of earth’s upper mantle

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6906, 2002, Pages 451-455

  Saal, Alberto E ^a   Hauri, Erik H ^b   Langmuir, Charles H ^a   Perfit, Michael R ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; FLUORINE; VAPORS;

VOLATILE CONTENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; FLUORINE; NIOBIUM; SULFUR; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

DEGASSING; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BASALT; CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SOLUBILITY; VAPOR; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0037015623     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01073     Document Type: Article

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