Helium in diamonds unravels over a billion years of craton metasomatism

Yaakov Weiss; Yael Kiro; Cornelia Class; Gisela Winckler; Jeff W. Harris; Steven L. Goldstein

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22860-3

Nature Communications (May 2021)

Helium in diamonds unravels over a billion years of craton metasomatism

Yaakov Weiss,
Yael Kiro,
Cornelia Class,
Gisela Winckler,
Jeff W. Harris,
Steven L. Goldstein

Affiliations

Yaakov Weiss: The Freddy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yael Kiro: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Cornelia Class: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Gisela Winckler: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Jeff W. Harris: School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
Steven L. Goldstein: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22860-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

Read online

Diamonds encapsulate the deep Earth fluids that form them, providing windows to deep mantle processes. This study constrains their ages, based on uranium-thorium-to-helium radioactive decay in the fluids and helium diffusivity in diamond, and relates diamond formation to geological events in Southern Africa.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal