Evaluating Earth degassing in subduction zones by measuring helium fluxes from the ocean floor

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 317-322

  Lan, Tefang F ^a,b   Sano, Yuji ^b   Yang, Tsanyao F ^a   Takahata, Naoto ^b   Shirai, Kotaro ^b   Pinti, Daniele L ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helium flux; Mid Okinawa Trough; Ocean floor; Pore water

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; EARTH'S MANTLE; EAST PACIFIC RISE; FLUX RANGES; HELIUM FLUX; HYDROTHERMALLY; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NOBLE GAS ISOTOPES; OCEAN FLOOR; OKINAWA TROUGH; PORE WATERS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUBMARINE VOLCANISM; VERTICAL PROFILE; VOLATILE FLUX;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HELIUM; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; NEON; SEAWATER; WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEGASSING; HELIUM; HYDROSPHERE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NOBLE GAS; POREWATER; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANISM;

EAST CHINA SEA; EAST PACIFIC RISE; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77957321100     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.049     Document Type: Article

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