Re-Os isotopic composition of peridotitic sulphide inclusions in diamonds from Ellendale, Australia: Age constraints on Kimberley cratonic lithosphere

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3292-3306

  Smit, K V ^a   Shirey, S B ^b   Richardson, S H ^a   le Roex, A P ^a   Gurney, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; DIAMOND; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PARAGENESIS; PERIDOTITE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHENIUM; SULFIDE;

AUSTRALIA; ELLENDALE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952293327     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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