Apparent decoupling of the He and Ne isotope systematics of the Icelandic mantle: The role of He depletion, melt mixing, degassing fractionation and air interaction

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3307-3332

  Füri, Evelyn ^a   Hilton, D R ^a   Halldorsson S A ^a   Barry, P H ^a   Hahm, D ^a,d   Fischer, T P ^b   Gronvold K ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BASALT; CONFINING PRESSURE; DEGASSING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; NEON; PARTIAL MELTING; PHENOCRYST;

ICELAND;

NES;

EID: 77952292354     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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