Old diamonds and the upper crust

Ian S. Williams
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Ian S. Williams: Ian S. Williams is in the Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia. ian.williams@anu.edu.au

Nature, 2007, vol. 448, issue 7156, 880-881

Abstract: Was the early Earth a blackened landscape of congealed lava, or was it cool enough for oceans to form? The discovery of diamonds in the oldest-known relics of surface rocks adds new élan to this debate.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1038/448880a

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