Atmospheric 38Ar/36Ar in the mantle: Implications for the nature of the terrestrial parent bodies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 551-558

  Raquin, Aude ^a   Moreira, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

argon; Galapagos; neon; solar wind

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTAMINATION; BASALTIC GLASS; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; EARTH'S MANTLE; GALAPAGOS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MAGMA OCEAN; MID-OCEANIC RIDGES; NEON ISOTOPES; OCEANIC ISLANDS; PARENT BODIES; PRIMORDIAL ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR NEBULA;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLASS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOTOPES; KRYPTON; NEON; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR WIND; XENON;

ARGON;

ARGON; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NEON; PARENT BODY; SOLAR WIND;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350131069     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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