Stable and radiogenic isotope study of eclogite xenoliths from the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana

Chemical Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 235-255

  Viljoen, K S ^a,c   Smith, Craig B ^a   Sharp, Z D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Anglo American Research Laboratories   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diamond; Ecologite; Enolith; Graphite; Isotope; Kimberlite; Orapa; Trace element

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KIMBERLITE; XENOLITH;

BOTSWANA, ORAPA;

EID: 0030437359     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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