Diamond formation episodes at the southern margin of the Kaapvaal Craton: Re-Os systematics of sulfide inclusions from the Jagersfontein Mine

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-540

  Aulbach, Sonja ^a   Shirey, Steven B ^b   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Creighton, Steven ^a   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a   Harris, Jeff W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craton; Diamond; Eclogite; Inclusion; Isotope; Jagersfontein; Peridotite; Re Os; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT INCLUSION; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; REMOBILIZATION; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; JAGERSFONTEIN; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 60449101495     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0350-9     Document Type: Article

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