Role of recycled oceanic crust in the potassium and argon budget of the earth: Toward a resolution of the "missing argon" problem

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Lassiter, John C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon; Mantle convection; Potassium; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044476359     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000711     Document Type: Article

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