Ages of cratonic diamond and lithosphere evolution: Constraints on precambrian tectonics and diamond exploration

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1385-1408

  Helmstaedt, Herwart H ^a   Gurney, John J ^b   Richardson, Stephen H ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archean ages; Craton roots; Diamond; Precambrian ultrahigh pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CLINOPYROXENES; CRATON ROOTS; DIAMOND EXPLORATION; DIAMOND FORMATION; ECLOGITES; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; EVENT-TRIGGERED; HARZBURGITES; ISOTOPIC STUDY; LITHOSPHERIC; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; NEOARCHEAN; OCEANIC CRUST; P-TYPE; PALEOARCHEAN; PARTIAL MELTING; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SEA FLOOR; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SYNGENETIC INCLUSION; TECTONIC HISTORY; TONALITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

DIAMONDS; GALLIUM; GARNETS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; DIAMOND; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; KIMBERLITE; SOURCE ROCK; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 79952126426     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.5.1385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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