reggeometРегиональная геология и металлогенияRegional Geology and Metallogeny0869-7892(ФГБУ "Институт Карпинского")10.52349/0869-7892_2022_91_79-86reggeomet-98Research ArticleРЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ ГЕОЛОГИЯREGIONAL GEOLOGYСредний размер алмазов в мел-кайнозойских прибрежных алмазоносных отложениях Атлантического побережья Южной Африки и история формирования алмазных россыпей этого регионаMean size of diamonds in the Cretaceous-Cenozoic coastal diamondiferous deposits of the Atlantic coast, South Africa, and the formation history of diamond placers in this regionМалыхО. Н.MalykhO. N.

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Oleg_Malykh@vsegei.ruВсероссийский научно-исследовательский геологический институт им. А. П. Карпинского (ВСЕГЕИ)РоссияA. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI)Russian Federation2022250220250917986Copyright © Малых О.Н., 20252025Малых О.Н.Malykh O.N.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://reggeomet.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/98

В статье на основе анализа распределения среднего размера алмазов в мел-кайнозойских, прибрежных промышленных алмазоносных отложениях атлантического побережья Южной Африки (ЮА) сделана попытка выделить характерные особенности истории формирования алмазоносных россыпей данного региона. 

In the paper, an attempt is made to highlight characteristic features in the formation history of diamondiferous placers in this area based on the analysis of the distribution of the mean size of diamonds in Cretaceous–Cenozoic coastal economic diamondiferous deposits of the Atlantic coast, South Africa (SA).

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