Petrology and oxygen-isotope geochemistry of the Yamba Lake kimberlite rocks, N.W.T

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1053-1071

  Orr, Pauline ^a,b   Luth, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROLOGY;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YAMBA LAKE;

EID: 0033833910     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-021     Document Type: Article

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