Placer diamonds from Brazil: Indicators of the composition of the earth's mantle and the distance to their kimberlitic sources

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 453-470

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; PLACERS; TEXTURES;

ALLUVIAL DIAMONDS; EARTH'S MANTLE; KIMBERLITIC SOURCES; PLACER DEPOSITS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; RESORPTION;

ARENAPOLIS; BOA VISTA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; MINAS GERAIS; RORAIMA; SERRA DA CANASTRA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANASTRA;

EID: 33749385447     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.2.453     Document Type: Article

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