Evidence for crystals from the lower mantle: Baddeleyite megacrysts of the Mbuji Mayi kimberlite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-225

  Kerschhofer, Ljuba ^a   Schärer, Urs ^b   Deutsch, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Baddeleyite; Kimberlite; Lower mantle; Megacrysts

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; DISCONTINUITY; KIMBERLITE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PROCESS; MEGACRYST;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 0343526950     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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