Helium isotopes of seawater in adjacent sea of Nansei Islands, Southwest Japan

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 593-600

  Takahata, Naoto ^a   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Shirai, Kotaro ^a   Nishizawa, Manabu ^a   Sano, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

3He 4He ratio; Heavy noble gas; Mantle helium; Okinawa Trough; Seawater

Indexed keywords

HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NOBLE GAS; SEAWATER;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS; WORLD;

EID: 12344290337     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.593     Document Type: Article

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