The origin of the terrestrial noble-gas signature

Svyatoslav S. Shcheka () and Hans Keppler
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Svyatoslav S. Shcheka: Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth
Hans Keppler: Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth

Nature, 2012, vol. 490, issue 7421, 531-534

Abstract: The solubility of argon in lower mantle minerals is shown to be much higher than for xenon, so that the depletion of xenon relative to argon in Earth’s atmosphere can be explained by mantle degassing.

Date: 2012
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