Subducting oceanic crust: The source of deep diamonds

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 565-568

  Tappert, Ralf ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Harris, Jeff W ^b   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a   Ludwig, Thomas ^c   Brey, Gerhard P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diamonds; Eu anomalies; Inclusions; Majorite; Mantle; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; DIAMOND STABILITY; OCEANIC CRUST; TRANSITION ZONES;

COMPOSITION; DIAMONDS; GARNETS; GRAPHITE; ISOTOPES; ROCKS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIAMOND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEANIC CRUST; PARAGENESIS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 21944451055     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21637.1     Document Type: Article

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