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Noble gases confirm plume-related mantle degassing beneath Southern Africa

Southern Africa is characterised by unusually elevated topography and abnormal heat flow. This can be explained by thermal perturbation of the mantle, but the origin of this is unclear. Geophysics has not detected a thermal anomaly in the upper mantle and there is no geochemical evidence of an asthe...

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Autores principales: Gilfillan, S. M. V., Györe, D., Flude, S., Johnson, G., Bond, C. E., Hicks, N., Lister, R., Jones, D. G., Kremer, Y., Haszeldine, R. S., Stuart, F. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6831580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31690720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12944-6