Age and origin of peridotitic diamonds from Venetia, Limpopo Belt, Kaapvaal-Zimbabwe craton

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 785-792

  Richardson, S H ^a   Poml P F ^b   Shirey, S B ^c   Harris, J W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Craton; Diamond; Eclogite; Garnet; Peridotite

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; GARNET; HOST ROCK; INCLUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KIMBERLITE; MAGMA; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; STRONTIUM;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; LIMPOPO; LIMPOPO BELT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VENETIA MINE;

EID: 71749110912     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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