"Recycled" volatiles in mantle-derived diamonds- Evidence from nitrogen and noble gas isotopic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 215-219

  Mohapatra, Ratan K ^a   Honda, Masahiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon; diamond; nitrogen; noble gases; recycled materials

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

AIR CONTAMINATION; MID OCEANIC RIDGE BASALT; RECYCLED MATERIALS;

DIAMONDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NOBLE GAS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; ORAPA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751011034     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.025     Document Type: Note

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