Kimberlites from the Wawa area, Ontario

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1819-1838

  Kaminsky, Felix V ^a   Sablukov, Sergei M ^b   Sablukova, Ludmila I ^b   Shchukin, Vladimir S ^b   Canil, Dante ^c  

^a KM Diamond Exploration Ltd   (Canada)

^b Institute of Chemical Problems of Ecology   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PETROGRAPHY;

KIMBERLITES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; KIMBERLITE; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; XENOLITH;

CANADA;

EID: 0036999164     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-089     Document Type: Review

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