Peridotitic mantle xenoliths from kimberlites on the Ekati Diamond Mine property, N.W.T., Canada: Major element compositions and implications for the lithosphere beneath the central Slave craton

Lithos

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 395-412

  Menzies, Andrew ^a   Westerlund, Kalle ^b   Grütter, Herman ^c   Gurney, John ^a   Carlson, Jon ^d   Fung, Agnes ^e   Nowicki, Tom ^c  

^a Mineral Services South Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Mineral Services Canada Inc   (Canada)

^d BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

^e CF Mineral Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diamond graphite boundary; Geotherm; Harzburgite; Lithosphere; Peridotite; Slave

Indexed keywords

KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; EKATI MINE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SLAVE PROVINCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744366155     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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