Mineral inclusions in diamonds track the evolution of a Mesozoic subducted slab beneath West Gondwanaland

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-245

  Harte, Ben ^a   Richardson, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope geochemistry; Diamonds; DUPAL anomaly; Majoritic garnet; Mesozoic subduction; Si perovskites; Stagnant slab

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955187797     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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