Helium isotopic evidence for episodic mantle melting and crustal growth

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7138, 2007, Pages 900-903

  Parman, S W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTH; EPISODIC EVENT; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELTING; OCEANIC CRUST;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 34247347395     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05691     Document Type: Article

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