Diamond synthesis from graphite in the presence of water and SiO2: Implications for diamond formation in quartzites from Kazakhstan

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 389-400

  Dobrzhinetskaya, Larissa F ^a   Green II, Harry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FUGACITY; GRAPHITE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; QUARTZITE; SILICA; WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34249815503     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.5.389     Document Type: Article

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