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Science 6 April 1973:
Vol. 180. no. 4081, pp. 55 - 57
DOI: 10.1126/science.180.4081.55
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Helium Flux from the Earth's Mantle as Estimated from Hawaiian Fumarolic Degassing

John J. Naughton 1, J. H. Lee 1, Diana Keeling 1, J. B. Finlayson 2, and Guy Dority 2

1 Chemistry Department and Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822
2 Hilo College, University of Hawaii, Hilo 96720

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.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Helium/Carbon Dioxide Ratios as Premonitors of Volcanic Activity.
D. M. Thomas, D. M. THOMAS, and J. J. NAUGHTON (1979)
Science 204, 1195-1196
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