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    Helium Isotope Evidence of Mantle Degassing in Rift Valley, Eastern China
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    He found in atmosphere are considered to be produced byradioactive elements(e. g. U, Th)in the inner earth. Isotope composition of no-ble gases and ratios of their components are important geochemical indicators for thetheory of earth degassing and geochemical evolution of the mantle. The continuousand catastrophic models of earth degassing have been suggested. The mantledegassing would be actually catastrophic during geohistory and heterogeneous in dif-
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    Isotope Geochemistry
    The Wudalianchi monogenetic volcanic field (WMVF) is located in the Songliao basin within a major continental rift system in NE China. Bubbling springs and diffuse degassing from soils are typical features of the WMVF. Chemical compositions and C-He isotope analyses revealed that the cold spring gases might originate from the enriched upper mantle (EM), which resulted from the mixing between slab materials (subducted organic sediments and carbonates) in the mantle transition zone (MTZ) and the ambient depleted mantle. These EM-derived volatiles experienced variable degrees of crustal input, including both continental organic metasediments and crustal carbonates during their ascending path to the surface. The estimated results of the degassing CO 2 fluxes, combined with previous geophysical evidence, suggest that the CO 2 degassing activities become weaker from early to late in Quaternary.
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