Interpretation of helium and neon isotopic heterogeneity in Icelandic basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-99

  Dixon, Eleanor T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gas; Helium; Iceland; Neon; Noble

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HELIUM; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEON; NOBLE GAS;

ICELAND;

EID: 0037472760     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01071-3     Document Type: Article

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