Diamonds from Wellington, NSW: Insights into the origin of eastern Australian diamonds

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-471

  Davies', R M ^a,b   O'Reilly', S Y ^a   Grimx, W L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alluvial diamonds; Carbon isotopes in diamond; Diamond deformation; Diamond inclusions; Growth structures in diamond; N aggregation in diamond

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; SOURCE ROCK; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WELLINGTON;

EID: 0032706583     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646199548619     Document Type: Article

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