Evolution of helium and argon isotopes in a convecting mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 417-439

  Xie, Shunxing ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Planetary outgassing; Radiogenic isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; DEGASSING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; VENUS;

EID: 3543124705     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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