Constraints on the origin of the 129Xe on Earth using the tellurium double beta decay

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 114-122

  Moreira, Manuel ^a  

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

Author keywords

129Xe; double beta display; mantle; MORB; neutron capture; Xenon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN CHERTS; DOUBLE BETA DISPLAY; MANTLE; NEUTRON CAPTURES;

BASALT; CARBONATES; DEGASSING; IODINE; MANGANESE; TELLURIUM;

XENON;

ARCHEAN; CHERT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEGASSING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; TELLURIUM; XENON;

EID: 36049037972     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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