Naughton JJ, Lee JH, Keeling D, Finlayson JB, Dority G. Helium Flux from the Earth's Mantle as Estimated from Hawaiian Fumarolic Degassing.
Science 1973;
180:55-7. [PMID:
17757971 DOI:
10.1126/science.180.4081.55]
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Abstract
Averaged helium to carbon dioxide ratios measured from systematic collections of gases from Sulphur Bank fumarole. Kilauea, Hawaii, when coupled with estimates of carbon in the earth's crust, give a helium flux of 1 x 105 atoms per square centimeter per second. This is within the lower range of other estimates, and may represent the flux from deep-seated sources in the upper mantle.
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