Survival of majoritic garnet in diamond by direct kimberlite ascent from deep mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Nishi, Masayuki ^a   Kubo, Tomoaki ^a   Kato, Takumi ^a   Tominaga, Aiko ^a   Shimojuku, Akira ^a   Doi, Naoko ^a   Funakoshi, Ken Ichi ^b   Higo, Yuji ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND INCLUSIONS; DIFFUSION CONTROLLED GROWTH; IN-SITU SYNCHROTRONS; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; PARTIAL TRANSFORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSFORMATION KINETICS; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; GRAIN GROWTH; VOLCANIC ROCKS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GARNETS;

EID: 84878494808     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042706     Document Type: Article

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