Helium-neon systematics and the structure of the mantle

Chemical Geology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 53-59

  Moreira, Manuel ^a   Allègre, Claude Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM; MANTLE; MORB; NEON;

EID: 0344936593     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00171-X     Document Type: Article

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