Petrology of peridotite and pyroxenite xenoliths from the Jericho Kimberlite: Implications for the thermal state of the mantle beneath the Slave Craton, Northern Canada

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-104

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Canamera Geological Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mantle xenolith; Peridotite; Pyroxenite; Slave craton; Thermal state

Indexed keywords

KIMBERLITE; MANTLE; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE; XENOLITH;

CANADA;

EID: 0032938675     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.1.79     Document Type: Article

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