Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean

Bernard Marty; David V. Bekaert; Michael W. Broadley; Claude Jaupart

doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1745-7

Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean

Authors

Marty, Bernard¹
Bekaert, David V.¹
Broadley, Michael W.¹
Jaupart, Claude²

¹ UMR 7358 CNRS and Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France , Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy (France)
² Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France , Paris (France)

Type

Published Article

Journal

Nature

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

Nov 20, 2019

Volume

575

Issue

7783

Pages

485–488

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1745-7

Source

Springer Nature

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Abstract

Depletion of Archaean atmospheric xenon in 129Xe relative to the modern atmosphere might indicate that a short burst of mantle activity took place around 2.6 to 2.2 billion years ago.

Abstract

Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean

Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean

Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean.

Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean

Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean

Geochemical evidence for high volatile fluxes from the mantle at the end of the Archaean

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