A snapshot of mantle metasomatism: Trace element analysis of coexisting fluid (LA-ICP-MS) and silicate (SIMS) inclusions in fibrous diamonds

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 362-372

  Tomlinson, E L ^a   Muller W ^a   EIMF, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diamond; fluid inclusions; mantle metasomatism; partition coefficients

Indexed keywords

CO-EXISTING; COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS; FLUID COMPONENTS; FLUID INCLUSIONS; LA-ICP-MS; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; MANTLE METASOMATISM; MELT EXTRACTIONS; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; MONOCRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS; OMPHACITE; PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; PHASE-MINERALS; PROTOLITH; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; FLUIDS; GARNETS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMOND; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INCLUSION; INCLUSION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METASOMATISM; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SILICATE MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 61349123522     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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