Diamonds in ophiolites

Elements

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-130

  Yang, Jing Sui ^a   Robinson, Paul T ^a   Dilek, Yildirim ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond bearing chromitites; Highly reduced minerals; Mantle transition zone; Podiform chromitites; UHP minerals

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; COBALT ALLOYS; DIAMONDS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; IRON ALLOYS; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MINERALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; SILICON CARBIDE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERNARY ALLOYS;

CHROMITITES; DIAMOND GRAINS; EARLY PALEOZOIC; INCLUSIONS IN DIAMOND; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SHALLOW LEVELS; UPPER MANTLE;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS;

CHROMITITE; DIAMOND; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

CHINA; MYANMAR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS; XIZANG;

EID: 84901375611     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.10.2.127     Document Type: Article

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