Genesis of diamonds and associated phases. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yuriy A. Litvin.
• Authors: Litvin, Yuriy A
• Contents: Preface; Acknowedgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Physico-Chemical Experiments as the Key to Diamond Genesis Problems; 1.1 Diamond-Hosted Inclusions as a "Window" into the Mantle Diamond-Parental Media; 1.2 General Composition of Diamond-Producing System from Syngenetic Inclusions; 1.3 Principal Problems in Genesis of Diamond and Associated Phases; 1.4 Physico-Chemical Experiments in Study of Diamond Origin; 1.5 Early Assumptions for Diamond-Parental Medium; 2 Mantle Rocks and Diamond-Associated Phases: Role in Diamond Origin. 2.1 Xenoliths of Native Upper-Mantle Rocks in Kimberlites2.2 Transition-Zone and Lower-Mantle Petrology from High-Pressure Experiments; 2.3 Primary Mineral Inclusions in Upper-Mantle Diamonds; 2.4 Primary Mineral Inclusions in Transition-Zone and Lower-Mantle Diamonds; 2.5 Xenoliths of Diamond-Bearing Rocks in Kimberlites; References; 3 Strongly Compressed Carbonate Systems in Diamond Genesis; 3.1 Congruent Melting of Carbonate Minerals at High Pressure; 3.2 Melting of Multicomponent Carbonate Systems as to Mantle Geothermal Regime. 3.3 Complete Liquid Miscibility in Silicate-(±Oxide)-Carbonate Systems3.4 Diamond Solubility and Carbon-Oversaturated Carbonate-Bearing Melts-Solutions; References; 4 Upper-Mantle Diamond-Parental Systems in Physico-Chemical Experiment; 4.1 Syngenesis Criterion for Parental Melts of Diamonds and Associated Minerals; 4.2 Concentration Barrier of Diamond Nucleation; 4.3 Physico-Chemical Mechanisms of Syngenesis of Diamonds and Associated Phases; 4.4 Xenogenetic Upper-Mantle Minerals in Diamond-Producing Processes. 4.5 Principles of Genetic Classification of Syngenetic Inclusions in Upper-Mantle DiamondsReferences; 5 Physico-Chemical Features of Lower-Mantle Diamond-Parental Systems; 5.1 Paradoxical Assemblage of Stishovite and Oxide Inclusions in Lower-Mantle Diamonds; 5.2 Physico-Chemical Mechanism of Stishovite Paradox by Experimental Evidence; 5.3 Parental Melts and Genetic Mechanisms for Lower-Mantle Diamonds and Inclusions; 5.4 Some Remarks on Genetic Classification of Syngenetic Inclusions in Lower-Mantle Diamonds; References. 6 Ultrabasic-Basic Fractionating of Mantle Magmas and Diamond-Parental Melts6.1 Peritectic Reactions of Orthopyroxene and Olivine in Upper-Mantle Magma Evolution; 6.2 Olivine Garnetization and Evolution of Upper-Mantle Diamond-Parental Melts; 6.3 Fractionary Syngenesis Diagram for Upper-Mantle Diamonds and Associated Phases; 6.4 Fractionary Evolution of Lower-Mantle Magmas and Diamond-Parental Melts; References; 7 Mantle-Carbonatite Conception of Diamond and Associated Phases Genesis; 7.1 Generalized Composition Diagram of Upper-Mantle Diamond-Parental Medium.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 549/.27; 550; Earth sciences; Diamonds; NATURE -- Rocks & Minerals; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Mineralogy; Diamonds; Science -- Chemistry -- Physical & Theoretical; Mineralogy & gems; Physical chemistry; Geochemistry; Mineralogy; Chemistry, Physical organic; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Geochemistry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319545431; 3319545434
• Related ISBNs: 9783319545424; 3319545426
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 5, 2017).
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