Helium and neon isotopes in phenocrysts from Samoan lavas: Evidence for heterogeneity in the terrestrial high 3He/4He mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 519-528

  Jackson, Matthew G ^a   Kurz, Mark D ^b   Hart, Stanley R ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

3He 4He; C; EM2; FOZO; mantle; neon isotopes; OIB; PHEM; Samoa

Indexed keywords

3HE/4HE; C; EM2; FOZO; MANTLE; NEON ISOTOPES; OIB; PHEM; SAMOA;

CRYSTALS; EARTH (PLANET); HELIUM; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; NEON; OLIVINE; RADIOGENIC GASES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TANTALUM;

STRONTIUM;

HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MANTLE SOURCE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEON; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PHENOCRYST; SAMPLING;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

EID: 70350130545     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.039     Document Type: Article

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