Micron-scale coupled carbon isotope and nitrogen abundance variations in diamonds: Evidence for episodic diamond formation beneath the Siberian Craton

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-199

  Wiggers de Vries, D F ^a   Bulanova, G P ^b   De Corte, K ^c   Pearson, D G ^d   Craven, J A ^e   Davies, G R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HRD Antwerp   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMOND; DISSOLUTION; KIMBERLITE; NITROGEN; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON;

EID: 84870234203     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.08.034     Document Type: Article

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