New Ca-silicate inclusions in diamonds - tracers from the lower mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Joswig, Werner ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Harris, Jeff W ^b   Baur, Werner H ^c   Brey, Gerhard P ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond; Fluid inclusions; Lower mantle; Perovskite; Silicates

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; FLUID INCLUSION; LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE;

GUINEA;

EID: 0033570645     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00210-1     Document Type: Article

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