Peridotitic diamonds from Namibia: Constraints on the composition and evolution of their mantle source

Lithos

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 209-223

  Harris, Jeff W ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^b   Léost, Ingrid ^c   Brey, Gerhard P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diamond; Inclusion; Mantle metasomatism; Namibia; Peridotite; Placer deposit; REE

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17744368468     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.028     Document Type: Article

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