Mr Christopher Smith
Current positions
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Earth Sciences
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Research interests
Nature and origin of diamond deposits and their tectonic setting.
Publications
Recent publications
23/11/2023Sublithospheric diamond ages and the supercontinent cycle
Nature
Contrasting noble gas compositions of peridotitic and eclogitic monocrystalline diamonds from the Argyle lamproite, Western Australia
Lithos
Identification of molybdenite in diamond-hosted sulphide inclusions
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
New insights into volcanic processes from deep mining of the southern diatreme within the Argyle lamproite pipe, Western Australia
Mineralogy and Petrology
The behaviour of platelets in natural diamonds and the development of a new mantle thermometer
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology