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From: Noble gases confirm plume-related mantle degassing beneath Southern Africa

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20Ne/22Ne plotted against 21Ne/22Ne for the Bongwan CO2 samples. Lower precision analysis performed on the MAP 215-50 mass spectrometer are plotted as red diamonds, higher precision analysis undertaken on the ARGUS VI mass spectrometer are depicted as red circles, with air plotted as a black square. 1σ errors associated with each measurement are provided along with mixing lines between air67, continental crust41, MORB46 and solar end members62 shown as solid black lines. The Kerguelen, Reunion, Loihi-Kilauea, and Iceland hotspots are depicted as thin dashed lines46 with the mass fractionation line (MFL) shown as a thick dashed line. The Baker Farm (BF) and Mjaja (M) gases plot above the established air-MORB mixing line40,68, plotting between the Kerguelen and the Reunion mantle source25, implying an undegassed mantle origin for the Bongwan CO2. The uncertainty differences reflect different analytical procedures and the ARGUS samples have been corrected for the contributions to 21Ne from NeH+, which is controlled by the amount of H2 present in the mass spectrometer during analysis61 (see “Methods”)

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