Eclogite formation beneath the northern Slave craton constrained by diamond inclusions: Oceanic lithosphere origin without a crustal signature

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-177

  Smart, Katie A ^a,b   Chacko, Thomas ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Tappe, Sebastian ^a,b   Stern, Richard A ^a   Ickert, Ryan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craton formation; Lithospheric mantle; Metasomatism; Oxygen isotopes; Pyroxenite; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CRATON FORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; METASOMATISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PYROXENITE;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; EUROPIUM; FELDSPAR; GADOLINIUM; GARNETS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CLINOPYROXENE; CRATON; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; FLUID INCLUSION; GARNET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEANIC CRUST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTOLITH; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 84856025132     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.032     Document Type: Article

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