Sulphide survival and diamond genesis during formation and evolution of Archaean subcontinental lithosphere: A comparison between the Slave and Kaapvaal cratons

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 747-757

  Aulbach, Sonja ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Creaser, Robert A ^a   Heaman, Larry M ^a   Shirey, Steven B ^b   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a   Eichenberg, David ^c   Harris, Jeff W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Diavik Diamond Mines Inc Canada   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamond formation; Eclogite; Peridotite; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle; Subduction; Sulphide inclusion Re Os

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; EMPLACEMENT; INCLUSION; KIMBERLITE; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBDUCTION ZONE; SULFIDE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; KAAPVAAL CRATON; NORTH AMERICA; SLAVE PROVINCE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 71749091825     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.048     Document Type: Article

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