Trace element chemistry of mineral inclusions in eclogitic diamonds from the Premier (Cullinan) and Finsch kimberlites, South Africa: Implications for the evolution of their mantle source

Lithos

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 156-168

  Viljoen, Fanus ^a,b   Dobbe, René ^c   Harris, Jeff ^d   Smit, Braam ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b De Beers Diamond Research Laboratory   (South Africa)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e Anglo American Research Laboratories   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diamond; Eclogite; Kimberlite; Lithosphere; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; PARAGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 77953962575     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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