Genesis of diamonds in the lower mantle

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 170-173

  Liu, Lin Gun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0001511998     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050476     Document Type: Article

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