On the origin of noble gases in mantle plumes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1800, 2002, Pages 2633-2648

  Coltice, Nicolas ^a   Ricard, Yanick ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Mantle; Noble gas; Plumes; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM; INERT GAS; ISOTOPE; NEON;

ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; HEAT; ICELAND; METHODOLOGY; SEA; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO;

ARGON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FEEDBACK; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HAWAII; HEAT; HELIUM; ICELAND; ISOTOPES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEON; NOBLE GASES; OCEANS AND SEAS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0037111543     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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