Rare gas systematics and the origin of oceanic islands: The key role of entrainment at the 670 km boundary layer

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-92

  Allère, Claude J ^a   Moreira, Manuel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Argon; Helium; Mantle plumes; Neon; Rare gases

Indexed keywords

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MANTLE PLUMES; OCEANIC ISLAND BASALTS (OIB);

BASALT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ISOTOPES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

INERT GASES;

ARGON; HELIUM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEON; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT;

EID: 8644282833     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.041     Document Type: Article

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