Re-Os and 40Ar/39Ar isotope measurements of inclusions in alluvial diamonds from the Ural Mountains: Constraints on diamond genesis and eruption ages

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 714-723

  Laiginhas, Fernando ^a,b   Pearson, D Graham ^b   Phillips, David ^c   Burgess, Ray ^d   Harris, Jeff W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Diamond; East European Craton; Inclusions; Re Os; Urals

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIAMOND; INCLUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PLACER DEPOSIT; RHENIUM;

EURASIA; URALS;

EID: 71749100638     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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