Abundance and distribution of diamonds in eclogite revealed by volume visualization of CT X-ray scans

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-113

  Schulze, Daniel J ^a   Wiese, Diana ^a,b   Steude, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MDC Geological Consultants   (Canada)

^c Scientific Measurement Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; MINERAL GENESIS;

EID: 0029731040     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629804     Document Type: Article

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