Emplacement and reworking of Cretaceous, diamond-bearing, crater facies kimberlite of central Saskatchewan, Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1000-1020

  Leckie, Dale A ^a   Kjarsgaard, B A ^b   Bloch, John ^c   McIntyre, David ^a   McNeil, David ^a   Stasiuk, Laverne ^a   Heaman, Larry ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Scealu Modus   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITS; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; LEAD ALLOYS; PEROVSKITE; PILES; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; SHALE; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MINERALOGY , GEOCHEMISTRIES; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AGE DETERMINATION; CRATER; CRETACEOUS; DIAMOND; EMPLACEMENT; KIMBERLITE; OLIVINE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; TEPHRA; TRANSGRESSION; VOLCANISM; REWORKING;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 0031452459     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1000:EAROCD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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