Ocean-island basalt-like source of kimberlite magmas from West Greenland revealed by high 3He/4He ratios

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-276

  Tachibana, Yurika ^a   Kaneoka, Ichiro ^a   Gaffney, Amy ^b   Upton, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3He 4He ratio; Kimberlite; Lower mantle; Ocean island basalt; Source

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; KIMBERLITE MAGMAS; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PLUMES; OCEAN-ISLAND BASALT; ENRICHED MANTLE; KIMBERLITE; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; OLIVINE CRYSTALS; SOURCE;

COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; MOLTEN MATERIALS; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; BINARY ALLOYS; INERT GASES; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS;

BASALT;

KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; ISOTOPE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; NOBLE GAS; OLIVINE; TAXONOMY; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 33645714854     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22201.1     Document Type: Article

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