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New research shows seawater involved in making diamonds
Andrei VesselovskiNew research shows seawater involved in making diamonds
Some of the rich diamond deposits in the Northwest Territories may have been formed as a result of ancient seawater streaming into the deep roots of the continent, transported by plate tectonics, suggests new research from an international team of scientists in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. The discovery further highlights the role played by plate tectonics in "recycling" surface materials into deep parts of the earth, building on the groundbreaking discovery by a University of Alberta team last year of vast quantities of water trapped more than 500 kilometres underground.
Some of the rich diamond deposits in the Northwest Territories may have been formed as a result of ancient seawater streaming into the deep roots of the continent, transported by plate tectonics, suggests new research from an international team of scientists in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. The discovery further highlights the role played by plate tectonics in "recycling" surface materials into deep parts of the earth, building on the groundbreaking discovery by a University of Alberta team last year of vast quantities of water trapped more than 500 kilometres underground.
 | New research shows seawater involved in making diamonds beneath NWT Fluid-rich diamonds formed 200 km beneath Earth's surface offer clues to how diamonds are made—and possibly how they can be found, according to new U of A research. Some of the rich diamond deposits in the Northwest Territor... |
