Temporal, geomagnetic and related attributes of kimberlite magmatism at Ekati, Northwest Territories, Canada

Lithos

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 665-682

  Lockhart, Grant ^a   Grütter, Herman ^b   Carlson, Jon ^a  

^a BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

^b Mineral Services Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ekati; Exploration; Geomagnetism; Kimberlite magmatism; Magnetic anomaly

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; DIAMOND; EXPLORATION; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM;

CANADA; EKATI MINE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744380202     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.029     Document Type: Article

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