Methane-related diamond crystallization in the Earth's mantle: Stable isotope evidences from a single diamond-bearing xenolith

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 362-371

  Thomassot, E ^a,b   Cartigny, P ^a   Harris, J W ^c  

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

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Fanus) Viljoen K S   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cratonic lithosphere; diamonds; methane; peridotite xenolith; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRATONIC LITHOSPHERE; PERIDOTITE XENOLITH; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES; METHANE; MINERALOGY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); REDOX REACTIONS;

DIAMONDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRATON; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGASSING; DIAMOND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; PERIDOTITE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247594819     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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