The distribution of mantle and atmospheric argon in oceanic basalt glasses

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1237-1253

  Trieloff, Mario ^a   Falter, Martina ^b   Jessberger, Elmar K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; GLASS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NOBLE GAS;

EID: 0037443982     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01286-3     Document Type: Article

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