URANIUM ABUNDANCE OF THE OCEANIC-CRUST

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作者
FISHER, DE
机构
[1] University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami
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10.1016/0016-7037(79)90254-0
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P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
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0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
Uranium contents of 67 oceanic basalts have been measured by fission track analysis. Average value for ridge and intraplate basalts is ~ 78 ppb, for the Easter Hot Line it is ~1600 ppb. Estimates of mantle concentrations derived from the ridge and intraplate samples are insufficient to account for the observed surface heat flow. The whole-Earth concentration of U is > 8 ppb. and < 33 ppb if all heat generated within the Earth reaches the surface. © 1979.
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