Kankan diamonds (Guinea) III: δ13C and nitrogen characteristics of deep diamonds

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 465-475

  Stachel, T ^a,d   Harris, J ^c,d   Aulbach, S ^b,d   Deines, P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMOND; MANTLE SOURCE; NITROGEN;

GUINEA; KANKAN DISTRICT;

EID: 0036149862     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100100297     Document Type: Article

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