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Mantle plume noble gas component in glassy basalts from Reykjanes Ridge

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Basalts from the Reykjanes Ridge contain noble gases delivered from the non-degassed lower mantle by the Iceland plume. These lower mantle gases are thought to be a mixture of planetary and solar components, as would be expected if the Earth accreted from fine silicate particles.

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    Roger Hart, Jack Dymond & Lewis Hogan

  2. University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, Rhode Island, 02882, USA

    Jean Guy Schilling

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Hart, R., Dymond, J., Hogan, L. et al. Mantle plume noble gas component in glassy basalts from Reykjanes Ridge. Nature 305, 403–407 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/305403a0

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