A plate tectonic origin for diamond-bearing kimberlites

Details A plate tectonic origin for diamond-bearing kimberlites A plate tectonic origin for diamond-bearing kimberlites

Mar 1974

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974e%26psl..21..351s&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 21, Issue 4, p. 351-354.

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It is proposed that diamond-bearing kimberlites are the result of activity at the deep end of a subducted oceanic plate. The source material consists of oceanic plate along with entrained hydrous and carbonaceous material that upon metamorphism or melting form diamond-bearing kimberlite. The emplacement should occur deep under continents and parallel to fold mountain ranges. The South African fields are cited as a specific example of the suggested process.

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