Diamond growth from oxidized carbon sources beneath the Northern Slave Craton, Canada: A δ13C-N study of eclogite-hosted diamonds from the Jericho kimberlite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6027-6047

  Smart, Katie A ^a   Chacko, Thomas ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a   Stern, Richard A ^a   Heaman, Larry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; KIMBERLITE; NITROGEN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; XENOLITH;

CANADA; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 80052950571     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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