The origins of Yakutian eclogite xenoliths

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-113

  Snyder, Gregory A ^a   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Crozaz, Ghislaine ^b   Halliday, Alex N ^c   Beard, Brian L ^a   Sobolev, Vladimir N ^a,d   Sobolev, Nikolai V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Diamonds; Eclogite xenoliths; Isotopic composition; REE; Yakutia

Indexed keywords

EID: 5744219624     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.1.85     Document Type: Article

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