Diamondiferous xenoliths from crustal subduction: Garnet oxygen isotopes from the Nyurbinskaya pipe, Yakutia

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-385

  Spetsius, Zdislav V ^a   Taylor, Lawrence A ^b   Valley, John W ^c   Deangelis, Michael T ^b   Spicuzza, Mike ^c   Ivanov, Alexander S ^a   Banzeruk, Valery I ^a  

^a ALROSA Co Ltd   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond; Eclogite; Garnet; Kimberlite; Oxygen isotopes; Subduction; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ECLOGITES; KIMBERLITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SUBDUCTION; XENOLITH;

GARNETS;

DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; GARNET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION; XENOLITH;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 47349100528     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1828     Document Type: Article

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