High 3 He/ 4 He ratios in the Manus backarc basin: Implications for mantle mixing and the origin of plumes in the western Pacific Ocean

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1007-1010

  Macpherson, Colin G ^a,c   Hilton, David R ^a   Sinton, John M ^b   Poreda, Robert J ^a,d   Craig, Harmon ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ISOTOPES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES;

BACK-ARC BASIN; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HIGH WATER CONTENT; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; VOLCANIC ISLANDS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

GLASS;

HELIUM ISOTOPE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PROCESS;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879885686     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1007:HHHRIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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