Kimberlites in the Slave Craton, Northwest Territories, Canada

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-88

  Pell, J A ^a,b  

^a NWT Geology Division   (Canada)

^b C/o KWG Resources ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KIMBERLITE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0031395953     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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