Provenance studies from 40Ar/39Ar dating of mineral inclusions in diamonds: Methodological tests on the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 169-178

  Phillips, D ^a   Harris, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; clinopyroxene inclusion; diamond; kimberlite; Orapa; palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

40AR/39AR; CLINOPYROXENE INCLUSION; DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; ORAPA; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS;

ARCHEAN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CLINOPYROXENE; DIAMOND; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KIMBERLITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51249122011     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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