Cosmogenic helium and neon in 11 Myr old ultramafic xenoliths: Consequences for mantle signatures in old samples

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Moreira, Manuel ^a   Madureira, Pedro ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic; Crushing; Helium; Mantle; Neon

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544448996     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000939     Document Type: Article

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