Oxygen isotope composition of eclogitic and peridotitic garnet xenocrysts from the la ceniza kimberlite, Guaniamo, Venezuela

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 968-975

  Schulze, Daniel J ^a   Valley, John W ^b   Spicuzza, Michael J ^b   Channer, Dominic M DeR ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Guaniamo Mining Company   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; GUANIAMO; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0346009188     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.11.968     Document Type: Article

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