Eclogitic inclusions in diamonds: Evidence of complex mantle processes over time

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 535-551

  Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Snyder, Gregory A ^a   Crozaz, Ghislaine ^b   Sobolev, Vladimir N ^a,c   Yefimova, Emiliya S ^c   Sobolev, Nikolai V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Clinopyroxene; Diamond; Eclogite; Garnet group; Geochemistry; Ion probe data; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE; MINERAL INCLUSION; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, YAKUTIA;

EID: 0030302320     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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