Helium isotopes in hydrothermal volcanic fluids of the Azores archipelago

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 70-80

  Jean Baptiste, P ^a   Allard, P ^b   Coutinho, R ^c   Ferreira, T ^c   Fourre E ^a   Queiroz, G ^c   Gaspar, J L ^c  

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

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; helium isotopes; hydrothermal fluids

Indexed keywords

AIR RATIOS; AZORES; ELEVATED CO; FREE GAS; GAS-PHASES; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HOT SPOTS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LOWER MANTLES; MANTLE DEGASSING; MANTLE PLUMES; MANTLE RESERVOIRS; MANTLE SOURCES; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGES; OCEANIC PLATES; SEISMIC EVIDENCES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TERCEIRA; THERMAL WATERS; VOLCANIC FLUIDS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; FEEDING; FLUIDS; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OSMIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCKS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

HELIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGASSING; ENRICHMENT; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; THERMAL WATER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAIAL; FLORES [AZORES]; GRACIOSA [AZORES]; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TERCEIRA;

EID: 63149154836     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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