METHODS OF SEARCHING FOR DIAMOND DEPOSITS ON THE EXAMPLE OF NOVOHRAD-VOLYNSKYI AREA OF UKRAINIAN SHIELD

The article gives an analysis and an assessment of the effectiveness of the methods of studying availability of diamonds of the territory of the Novohrad-Volynskyі block of the Ukrainian Shield. The geological-geophysical and petrographic conditions of the perspective Novohrad-Volynskyi area are described in detail and the search criteria of diamond content are determined. An analysis of the application of modern materials of space surveys in the study of the thermal field of the earth’s surface, structural deciphering and morphostructural analysis is presented in order to predict the manifestations of kimberlite magmatism.