Diamond Formation in UHP Dolomite Marbles and Garnet-Pyroxene Rocks of the Kokchetav Massif, Northern Kazakhstan: Natural and Experimental Evidence

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 999-1010

  Shatsky, V S ^a   Pal'yanov, Y N ^a   Sokol, A G ^a   Tomilenko, A A ^a   Sobolev, N V ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; DOLOMITE; HOST ROCK; PETROGENESIS; PYROXENE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KOKCHETAV MASSIF; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 18444415593     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.10.999     Document Type: Article

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