Diamonds and eclogites of the Jericho kimberlite (Northern Canada)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-315

  De Stefano, Andrea ^a   Kopylova, M G ^a   Cartigny, P ^b   Afanasiev, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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

Author keywords

"Websteritic" diamonds; Carbon isotopes; Diamond inclusion; Eclogite; Mantle metasomatism; Rare earth elements; Slave craton

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; FLUID INCLUSION; FORMATION MECHANISM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MELT INCLUSION; METASOMATISM; RECRYSTALLIZATION; XENOLITH;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68349117380     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0384-7     Document Type: Article

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