Extreme chemical diversity in the mantle during eclogitic diamond formation: Evidence from 35 garnet and 5 pyroxene inclusions in a single diamond

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 567-578

  Sobolev, Nikolay V ^a   Snyder, Gregory A ^b   Taylor, Lawrence A ^b   Keller, Randall A ^b   Yefimova, Emilya S ^a   Sobolev, Vladimir N ^b   Shimizu, Nobumichi ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE;

EID: 0031696232     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465225     Document Type: Article

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