Sources, degassing, and contamination of CO2, H2O, He, Ne, and Ar in basaltic glasses from Kolbeinsey Ridge, North Atlantic

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5729-5746

  Macpherson, Colin G ^a,b   Hilton, David R ^b   Mertz, Dieter F ^c   Dunai, Tibor J ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; KOLBEINSEY RIDGE;

EID: 29544440025     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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