Absence of a high time-integrated 3He/(U+Th) source in the mantle beneath continents

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 733-736

  Day, James M D ^a,b   Hilton, David R ^c   Pearson, D Graham ^a   Macpherson, Colin G ^a   Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^d   Janney, Philip E ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental; Helium; Intraplate; Isotopes; Mantle; Volcanics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT (CFB); CONTINENTAL INTRAPLATE ALKALINE VOLCANICS (CIAV); HELIUM ISOTOPES; MANTLE; CONTINENTAL; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; CONTINENTAL INTRAPLATE ALKALINE VOLCANICS; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; INTRAPLATE; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; VOLCANICS;

BASALT; EARTH (PLANET); HELIUM; ISOTOPES; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; LITHOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

GEOLOGY; BASALT;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC ROCK; ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRETACEOUS; FLOOD BASALT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIOCENE; OLIVINE; PHENOCRYST; THORIUM; UPPER MANTLE; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANISM; XENOLITH;

CANADA; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 24644518589     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21625.1     Document Type: Article

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