Reducing role of sulfides and diamond formation in the Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 242-256

  Palyanov, Yu N ^a   Borzdov, Yu M ^a   Bataleva, Yu V ^a   Sokol, A G ^a   Palyanova, G A ^a   Kupriyanov, I N ^a  

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

Author keywords

carbonates; diamond formation; fluid; HPHT experiments; mantle; redox reactions; silicates; sulfides

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE-OXIDE-SULFIDE INTERACTION; DIAMOND GENESIS; MULTI-ANVIL HIGH PRESSURE APPARATUS; NATURAL DIAMOND-FORMING PROCESSES;

CARBONATES; QUENCHING; REDOX REACTIONS; SILICATES; SULFIDE MINERALS;

DIAMONDS;

CARBONATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; GRAPHITE; MANTLE; PYRRHOTITE; REDOX POTENTIAL; SILICATE; SULFIDE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 34447291333     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.033     Document Type: Article

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