Are high 3He/4He ratios in oceanic basalts an indicator of deep-mantle plume components?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Meibom, Anders ^a   Anderson, Don L ^b   Sleep, Norman H ^a   Frei, Robert ^c   Chamberlain, C Page ^a   Hren, Michael T ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

He isotopes; Lower mantle; Os isotopes; Plumes; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0037473269     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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