Extreme 3He/4He ratios in northwest Iceland: Constraining the common component in mantle plumes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 53-60

  Hilton, David R ^a   Grönvold, Karl ^b   Macpherson, Colin G ^a   Castillo, Paterno R ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Helium; Hot spots; Iceland; Isotopes; Mantle; Radioactive isotopes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM; HOT SPOT; MANTLE;

ICELAND;

EID: 0343550302     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00215-0     Document Type: Article

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