Nature of the mantle roots beneath the North American craton: Mantle xenolith evidence from Somerset Island kimberlites

Lithos

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 195-216

  Schmidberger, S S ^a   Francis, D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian craton; Kimberlite; Mantle root; Mantle xenolith; Peridotite; Somerset Island

Indexed keywords

KIMBERLITE; MANTLE; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

CANADA;

EID: 0033373493     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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