Unusual noble gas compositions in polycrystalline diamonds: Preliminary results from the Jwaneng kimberlite, Botswana

Chemical Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 347-358

  Honda, Masahiko ^a   Phillips, David ^b   Harris, Jeffrey W ^c   Yatsevich, Igor ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamond; Mantle evolution; Mantle lithosphere; Noble gas

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DIAMOND; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NEON; NOBLE GAS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1342289439     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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