Carbon isotope ratios, nitrogen content and aggregation state, and inclusion chemistry of diamonds from Jwaneng, Botswana

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3993-4005

  Deines, Peter ^a   Harris, J W ^b   Gurney, J J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; INCLUSION CHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; NITROGEN;

BOTSWANA, JWANENG;

EID: 0031407798     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00199-3     Document Type: Article

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