Diamond-graphite relationships in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Kokchetav Massif, northern Kazakhstan

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 763-783

  Korsakov, Andrey V ^a   Perraki, Maria ^b   Zedgenizov, Dmitry A ^a   Bindi, Luca ^c   Vandenabeele, Peter ^d   Suzuki, Akio ^e   Kagi, Hiroyuki ^f  

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

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diamond; Graphite; Kokchetav Massif; Metastable growth; Raman spectroscopy; UHP metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; DIAMOND; GARNET; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; INCLUSION; KYANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

KAZAKHSTAN; KOKCHETAV MASSIF;

EID: 77749279532     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq001     Document Type: Article

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