Early Proterozoic Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism: Evidence from Hicrodiamonds

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5672, 2004, Pages 853-855

  Cartigny, Pierre ^a   Chinn, Ingrid ^b   Viljoen, K S ^b   Robinson, Derek ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b De Beers Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN;

MICRODIAMONDS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

PROTOZOA;

DIAMOND;

DIAMOND; HUDSONIAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 2442576036     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1094668     Document Type: Article

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