Deep-mantle-derived noble gases in metamorphic diamonds from the Kokchetav massif, Kazakhstan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 439-449

  Sumino, H ^a   Dobrzhinetskaya, L F ^b   Burgess, R ^c   Kagi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep mantle convection; Kokchetav; Metamorphic microdiamond; Noble gas isotopes; Subduction; UHPM

Indexed keywords

KOKCHETAV; MANTLE CONVECTION; MICRODIAMONDS; NOBLE GAS ISOTOPES; SUBDUCTION; UHPM;

CRUSHING; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; GASES; HEATING; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; NEON;

DIAMONDS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMOND; FORMATION MECHANISM; HOST ROCK; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE SOURCE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; NOBLE GAS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

KAZAKHSTAN; KOKCHETAV MASSIF;

EID: 79959723719     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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