Trace-element patterns of fibrous and monocrystalline diamonds: Insights into mantle fluids

Lithos

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 313-337

  Rege, S ^a,b   Griffin, W L ^a   Pearson, N J ^a   Araujo, D ^a,c   Zedgenizov, D ^a,d   O'Reilly, S Y ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Brasilia ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Diamond origin; Diamond paragenesis; Diamond trace elements; Fibrous diamonds; Mantle fluids

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; PARAGENESIS; PERIDOTITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 77954818511     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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