High 3He/4He ratios in picritic basalts from Baffin Island and the role of a mixed reservoir in mantle plumes

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6944, 2003, Pages 57-59

  Stuart, Finlay M ^a   Lass Evans, Solveigh ^a,b   Fitton, J Godfrey ^b   Ellam, Robert M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH (PLANET); ISOTOPES; THERMAL PLUMES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MANTLE PLUMES;

HELIUM;

HELIUM; HELIUM 3; HELIUM 4; ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE PLUME; OLIVINE; PICRITE;

ARTICLE; BASALT; CANADA; GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

CANADA;

EID: 0038602892     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01711     Document Type: Article

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