Carbon isotope "Stratigraphy" in a single graphite crystal: Implications for the crystal growth mechanism of fluid-deposited graphite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 11-12 PART 1, 2003, Pages 1689-1696

  Santosh, M ^a   Wada, H ^b   Satish Kumar, M ^b   Binu Lal, S S ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL FORMATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH MECHANISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXIS; GRAPHITE CRYSTAL; INFINITE RESERVOIRS; INTEGRATED FLUIDS; ISOTOPE EVOLUTION; UNIFORM CRYSTALS;

GRAPHITE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITE; METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0347300610     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-11-1208     Document Type: Article

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