Role of iron and reducing conditions on the stability of dolomite + coesite between 4.25 and 6 GPa - A potential mechanism for diamond formation during subduction

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-16

  Martin, Audrey M ^a,b,c,d   Hammouda, Tahar ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coesite; Decarbonation; Diamond; Dolomite; Experimental petrology; High pressure; Redox interactions; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAMONDS; GRAPHITE; OXYGEN; SILICA; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

COESITE; DECARBONATION; DOLOMITE; EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; REDOX INTERACTIONS; SUBDUCTION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINOPYROXENE; COESITE; DIAMOND; DIFFUSION; DOLOMITE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FORMATION MECHANISM; IRON; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; OXYGEN; P-T CONDITIONS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 79954467005     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2067     Document Type: Article

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