Rare gases in lavas from the ultraslow spreading Lena Trough, Arctic Ocean

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nauret, F ^a,b,c   Moreira, M ^a   Snow, S E ^b,d  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

DUPAL anomaly; Mantle heterogeneity; MORB; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954409320     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003027     Document Type: Article

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