Low 3He/4He ratios in basalt glasses from the western Southwest Indian Ridge (10°-24°E)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 509-528

  Georgen, Jennifer E ^a   Kurz, Mark D ^a   Dick, Henry J B ^a   Lin, Jian ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouvet plume; Geochemistry; Helium isotopes; Southwest Indian Ridge

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE PLUME; SPREADING CENTER;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0037441951     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01106-8     Document Type: Article

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