Upper-mantle stratigraphy of the Slave craton, Canada: Insights into a new kimberlite province

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-318

  Kopylova, M G ^a   Russell, James K ^a   Cookenboo, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Canamera Geological Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

APPARENT SOURCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KIMBERLITE MAGMAS; MANTLE XENOLITHS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; NORTHERN CANADA; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; THERMAL EXCURSION;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRATON; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE SOURCE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

CANADA; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 0031597327     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0315:UMSOTS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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