Neon isotopes in mantle rocks from the Red Sea region reveal large-scale plume-lithosphere interaction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-76

  Hopp, Jens ^a,b   Trieloff, Mario ^a   Altherr, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental breakup; Helium and neon isotopes; Mantle plume; Red Sea; Rift formation; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; NEON; RIFT ZONE;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 1342310516     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00691-5     Document Type: Article

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