Evolution of helium isotopes in the Earth's mantle

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7054, 2005, Pages 1107-1112

  Class, Cornelia ^a   Goldstein, Steven L ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DEGASSING; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

HELIUM ISOTOPES; MAGMATISM; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS;

HELIUM;

HELIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

DEGASSING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE;

EID: 24144434984     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03930     Document Type: Article

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