Mantle deformation and noble gases: Helium and neon in oceanic mylonites

Chemical Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 10-18

  Kurz, Mark D ^a   Warren, Jessica M ^b   Curtice, Joshua ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Helium isotopes; Mylonites; Neon isotopes; Noble gases; Peridotites

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; MYLONITE; NEON; NOBLE GAS; PERIDOTITE; TEXTURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; MID-INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 68349150475     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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