Fibrous diamonds from the placers of the northeastern Siberian Platform: Carbonate and silicate crystallization media

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1298-1309

  Zedgenizov, D A ^a   Ragozin, A L ^a   Shatsky, V S ^a,b   Araujo, D ^c   Griffin, W L ^c  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; Diamond; Fluid; Melt; Microinclusions

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MELT INCLUSION; METASOMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; SILICATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN PLATFORM;

EID: 80455156312     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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