Mineral inclusions and geochemical characteristics of microdiamonds from the DO27, A154, A21, A418, DO18, DD17 and Ranch Lake kimberlites at Lac de Gras, Slave Craton, Canada

Lithos

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 39-55

  Davies, Rondi M ^a,d   Griffin, William L ^a,b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Doyle, Buddy J ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc   (Canada)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C isotopes; Inclusions in diamond; Lac de Gras; N aggregation states; N contents; Slave Craton

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION; KIMBERLITE;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; LAC DE GRAS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SLAVE PROVINCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744362665     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.04.016     Document Type: Article

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