Impact diamonds in the Suevitic Breccias of the black member of the onaping formation, sudbury structure, Ontario, Canada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 339, Issue , 1999, Pages 317-321

  Masaitis, V L ^a   Shafranovsky, G I ^a   Grieve, R A F ^b   Langenhorst, F ^c   Peredery, W V ^d   Therriault, A M ^b   Balmasov, E L ^a   Fedorova, I G ^a  

^a A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d Peredery and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; GRAPHITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON PHASIS; HEXAGONAL PHASE; IMPACT STRUCTURES; MEAN-GRAIN SIZE; ONTARIO , CANADA; POLYCRYSTALLINITY; SOLID STATE TRANSFORMATIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

CRATER; CRYSTALLINITY; DIAMOND; GRAIN SIZE; METAMORPHISM; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SUEVITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 2942610035     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2339-6.317     Document Type: Article

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