Reconstruction of mantle sections beneath Yakutian kimberlite pipes using monomineral thermobarometry

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 293, Issue , 2008, Pages 335-352

  Ashchepkov, Igor V ^a   Pokhilenko, N P ^a   Vladykin, N V ^b   Rotman, A Y ^c   Afanasiev, V P ^a   Logvinova, A M ^a   Kostrovitsky, S I ^b   Pokhilenko, L N ^a   Karpenko, M A ^c   Kuligin, S S ^a   Malygina, E V ^a   Stegnitsky, Y B ^c   Alymova, N A ^b   Khmelnikova, O S ^a  

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

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c Stock Company ALROSA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BAROMETRY; CLINOPYROXENE; GARNET; KIMBERLITE; PERCOLATION; PERIDOTITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECONSTRUCTION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 38349101603     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP293.15     Document Type: Article

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