The pressures and temperatures of formation of diamond based on thermobarometry of chromian diopside inclusions

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 871-884

  Nimis, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromian diopside; Diamond; Inclusions; Thermobarometry; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THERMOBAROMETRY;

DIAMONDS;

DIAMOND; DIOPSIDE; FORMATION MECHANISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036613919     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.3.871     Document Type: Article

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