Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Panda kimberlite, Slave province, Canada

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 423-440

  Tappert, Ralf ^a,d   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Harris, Jeffrey W ^b   Shimizu, Nobumichi ^c   Brey, Gerhard P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inclusions in diamonds; Lac de Gras; Lithospheric mantle; Lower mantle; Slave craton

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM OXIDE; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GARNETS; NITROGEN; OLIVINE; OSMIUM ALLOYS; OSMIUM COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RARE EARTHS; RHENIUM ALLOYS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

INCLUSIONS IN DIAMOND; LAC DE GRAS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOWER MANTLE; SLAVE CRATON;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

DIAMOND; EOCENE; INCLUSION; KIMBERLITE;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SLAVE PROVINCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21244488170     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0423     Document Type: Article

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