Kankan diamonds (Guinea) I: From the lithosphere down to the transition zone

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Stachel, Thomas ^a   Brey, Gerhard P ^a   Harris, Jeff W ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONE;

GUINEA; KANKAN;

EID: 0033663240     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100000173     Document Type: Article

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