Nucleogenic production of Ne isotopes in Earth's crust and upper mantle induced by alpha particles from the decay of U and Th

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B7, 1999, Pages 15439-15450

  Leya, Ingo ^a   Wieler, Rainer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; NEON; NOBLE GAS; RADIOACTIVITY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 16444385944     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900134     Document Type: Article

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