Primitive neon and helium isotopic compositions of high-MgO basalts from the Kerguelen Archipelago, Indian Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 65-79

  Doucet, Sonia ^a   Moreira, Manuel ^a   Weis, Dominique ^b   Scoates, James S ^b   Giret, André ^c   Allègre, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Helium and neon isotopes; High MgO basalts; Kerguelen plume; Mantle; Oivine

Indexed keywords

HELIUM AND NEON ISOTOPES; KERGUELEN PLUME; MANTLE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIA; NEON; OLIVINE;

BASALT;

BASALT; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; NEON; OLIVINE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

EID: 29544434728     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.025     Document Type: Article

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