Deep mantle origin of kimberlite magmas revealed by neon isotopes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Sumino, Hirochika ^a   Kaneoka, Ichiro ^a   Matsufuji, Kyosuke ^a   Sobolev, Alexander V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HELIUM; NEON; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PIPE; THERMAL PLUMES;

KIMBERLITE MAGMAS; MANTLE ORIGIN; SUBCONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE (SCLM) SOURCES;

ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPIC RATIO; KIMBERLITE; MAGMA; MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEON; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 33845606243     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027144     Document Type: Article

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