Diamonds and their mineral inclusions, and what they tell us: A detailed “pull-apart” of a diamondiferous eclogite

International Geology Review

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 959-983

  Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Keller, Randall A ^a   Snyder, Gregory A ^a   Wang, Wuyi ^a   Carlson, William D ^b   Hauri, Erik H ^c   McCandless, Tom ^d   Kim, Kuk Rak ^e   Sobolev, Nikolai V ^f   Bezborodov, Sergei M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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

^g ALROSA Co Ltd   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION; TEXTURE;

EID: 0034470703     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810009465120     Document Type: Article

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