Olivine in the Udachnaya-East kimberlite (Yakutia, Russia): Types, compositions and origins

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 823-839

  Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^a,b   Kamenetsky, Maya B ^a,b   Sobolev, Alexander V ^b,c   Golovin, Alexander V ^d   Demouchy, Sylvie ^e   Faure, Kevin ^f   Sharygin, Victor V ^d   Kuzmin, Dmitry V ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbonatitic melt; H2O; Kimberlite; Olivine; Oxygen isotopes; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT INCLUSION; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; UDACHNAYA PIPE;

EID: 41849101667     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm033     Document Type: Article

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