Evidence for a mantle component shown by rare gases, C and N isotopes in polycrystalline diamonds from Orapa (Botswana)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 559-572

  Gautheron, Cécile ^a,c   Cartigny, Pierre ^a   Moreira, Manuel ^a   Harris, Jeff W ^b   Allègre, Claude J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nitrogen; Orapa; Polycrystalline diamonds; Rare gases

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE COMPONENT; POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS;

CARBON; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; NITROGEN; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

DIAMONDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

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

EID: 28044446539     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.060     Document Type: Article

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