Late Devonian diamondiferous kimberlite and alkaline picrite (proto-kimberlite?) Magmatism in the Arkhangelsk region, NW Russia

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-227

  Mahotkin, I L ^a   Gibson, S A ^b   Thompson, R N ^c   Zhuravlev, D Z ^d   Zherdev, P U ^e  

^a De Beers Centenary (Russia)   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^e Geol Enterprise Arkhangelsk Geology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alkaline picrite; Diamondiferous; Kimberlite; Kola craton; Protokimberlite

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM; PICRITE;

ARCHANGEL; KOLA PENINSULA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0034143538     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.2.201     Document Type: Article

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