Deep mantle diamonds from South Australia: A record of Pacific subduction at the Gondwanan margin

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-46

  Tappert, Ralf ^a   Foden, John ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^b   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^b   Tappert, Michelle ^a   Wills, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Flinders Mines Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FERROPERICLASE; JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LOWER MANTLE; MAGMATISMS; MESOZOIC; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PACIFIC PLATES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUBDUCTION PROCESS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAMONDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMOND; EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; KIMBERLITE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT INCLUSION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67349149822     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25055A.1     Document Type: Article

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