Deepwater mantle 3He plumes over the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (36°N-40°N) and the Azores Platform

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Jean Baptiste, P ^a   Fourre E ^a   Dapoigny, A ^a   Charlou, J L ^b   Donval, J P ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Helium 3; Hydrothermal processes; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549120989     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001765     Document Type: Article

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