A Raman spectroscopic study of diamond and disordered sp3-carbon in the coesite-bearing Straumen Eclogite Pod, Norway

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-33

  Smith, D C ^a,b   Godard, G ^c,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Diamond; Eclogite; Norway; Raman; UHPM

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DEVIATORIC STRESS; DIAMOND PEAKS; ECLOGITES; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; IDEAL VALUES; METAMICTIZATION; MICROINCLUSIONS; MINIMUM PRESSURE; MONOCRYSTAL; NITROGEN IMPURITY; NORWAY; OVERPRESSURE; POINT TO POINT; POLYTYPES; RAMAN; RAMAN DATA; RAMAN MAPPING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY; STACKING DISORDERS; STRUCTURAL DISORDERS; UHP METAMORPHISM; UHPM; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; WAVENUMBER POSITION; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

ESTIMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PHOTOMAPPING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DIAMONDS;

CARBON; COESITE; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; GRAPHITE; HEMATITE; KYANITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PHENGITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TERRANE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

NORWAY; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 84872155512     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12007     Document Type: Article

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