Carbon, nitrogen, argon and helium study of impact diamonds from Ebeliakh alluvial deposits and Popigai crater

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 985-992

  Shelkov, D A ^a   Verchovsky, A B ^a   Milledge, H J ^b   Kaminsky, F V ^c   Pillinger, C T ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alluvial deposit; Crater; Diamond; Geochemistry; Impact structure; Popigai structure; Russian Federation; Siberia

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CRATER; DIAMOND; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE;

POPIGAI STRUCTURE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 0032463363     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01705.x     Document Type: Article

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