A new occurrence of microdiamond-bearing metamorphic rocks, SW Rhodopes, Greece

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-198

  Schmidt, Silke ^a   Nagel, Thorsten J ^b   Froitzheim, Nikolaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microdiamond; P T path; Pseudosections; Raman spectroscopy; Rhodope Metamorphic Province; Ultrahigh pressure conditions

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; LITHOLOGY; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

MICRODIAMONDS; P-T PATH; PSEUDOSECTIONS; RHODOPE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DIAMOND; FOOTWALL; GARNET; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HANGING WALL; HIGH PRESSURE; LITHOLOGY; MELANGE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MIGMATIZATION; MYLONITIZATION; ORTHOGNEISS; P-T-T PATH; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TERRANE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; GREECE; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS; XANTHI;

EID: 78649915102     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-1999     Document Type: Article

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