Syngenetic inclusions in diamond from the Birim field (Ghana) - A deep peridotitic profile with a history of depletion and re-enrichment

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 336-352

  Stachel, Thomas ^a,b   Harris, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001065291     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050284     Document Type: Article

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