Helium isotopes in early Tertiary basalts, northeast Greenland: evidence for 58 Ma plume activity in the North Atlantic-Iceland volcanic province

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 407-410

  Marty, Bernard ^a   Upton, Brian G J ^b   Ellam, Rob M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Grant Institute of Geology   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; HELIUM ISOTOPES; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHEAST GREENLAND; OLIVINE PHENOCRYST; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

BASALT;

BASALT; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE PLUME; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

GREENLAND;

EID: 84879886872     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0407:HIIETB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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