Argon isotope ratio of the plume-source deduced from high-resolution stepwise crushing extraction

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-49

  Matsumoto, Takuya ^a,d   Orihashi, Yuji ^b   Matsuda, Jun Ichi ^a   Yamamoto, Koshi ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3He 4He; 40AR; Loihi; Mantle plume; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIXING; PICRITE;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; LOIHI SEAMOUNT; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 55349139310     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.42.39     Document Type: Article

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