Unusual upper mantle beneath Guaniamo, Guyana shield, Venezuela: Evidence from diamond inclusions

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 971-974

  Sobolev, N V ^a   Yefimova, E S ^a   Channer, D M DeR ^b   Anderson, P F N ^c   Barron, K M ^c  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Guaniamo Mining Company   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; DIAMONDS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; SILICA; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

COESITE-ECLOGITE; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DIAMOND FORMATION; DIAMOND INCLUSIONS; INCLUSIONS IN DIAMOND; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; VARIATIONS RANGES;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS;

DIAMOND; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION; KIMBERLITE; MINERALOGY; UPPER MANTLE;

GUANIAMO; GUYANA SHIELD; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84879884064     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0971:UUMBGG>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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