Diamond, subcalcic garnet, and mantle metasomatism: Kimberlite sampling patterns define the link

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-342

  Malkovets, V G ^a,b   Griffin, W L ^a   O'Reilly, S Y ^a   Wood, B J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Archean mantle; Diamond genesis; Mantle harzburgite; Mantle metasomatism; Subcalcic garnet

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN MANTLE; DIAMOND GENESIS; KIMBERLITES; MANTLE HARZBURGITE; MANTLE METASOMATISM; SUBCALCIC GARNET;

DIAMONDS; GARNETS; INCLUSIONS; PRESSURE; ROCKS; TEMPERATURE;

MINERALOGY;

ARCHEAN; CHROMITE; DIAMOND; GARNET; HARZBURGITE; KIMBERLITE; METASOMATISM; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; SAMPLING; XENOLITH;

DALDYN FIELD; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 34147150661     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23092A.1     Document Type: Article

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