Discovery of diamond in eclogite from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project Main Hole (CCSD-MH) in the Sulu UHPM belt;I 苏鲁超高压变质带中国ᄎ陆科学钻探主孔 ( CCSD-MH) 溜辉岩中发现金刚石

Yanshi Xuebao/Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3201-3206

  Zhang, Zhong Ming ^a   Yang, Jing Sui ^a   Rong, He ^a   Hu, Jin Zliu ^b   Su, Jin Fu ^b   Mao, Ho Kuang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCSD; Diamond; Eclogite; Sulu; UHPM

Indexed keywords

EID: 85168647188     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: 20958927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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