A primordial, solar He-Ne signature in crustal fluids of a stable continental region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 174-184

  Castro, Maria Clara ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Hall, Chris M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

mantle plumes; primordial He; primordial Ne; shallow refractory reservoir; subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUMES; PRIMORDIAL HE; PRIMORDIAL NE; SHALLOW REFRACTORY RESERVOIR; SUBCONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE;

NEON; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; THERMAL PLUMES;

HELIUM;

HEAT FLOW; HELIUM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NEON;

MICHIGAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 61349180694     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.042     Document Type: Article

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