A metasomatic origin for late Archean eclogitic diamonds: Implications from internal morphology of diamonds and Re-Os and S isotope characteristics of their sulfide inclusions from the late Jurassic Klipspringer kimberlites

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 119-130

  Westerlund, K J ^a   Gurney, J J ^a   Carlson, R W ^b   Shirey, S B ^b   Hauri, E H ^b   Richardson, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; METASOMATISM; PARAGENESIS;

AFRICA; KLIPSPRINGER MINE; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4444284603     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/107.1-2.119     Document Type: Article

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