Implications of the carbon isotopes and mineral inclusion record for the formation of diamonds in the mantle underlying a mobile belt: Venetia, South Africa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 813-838

  Deines, Peter ^a   Viljoen, Fanus ^b   Harris, J W ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b De Beers Diamond Research Laboratory   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; INCLUSION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE; MOBILE BELT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035063070     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00569-X     Document Type: Article

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