Noble gases in the dynamic mantle

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Helium; Mantle convection; Mantle heterogeneity; Noble gases mantle geochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949357013     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002801     Document Type: Article

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