Lithosphere mapping beneath the North American plate

Lithos

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 873-922

  Griffin, W L ^a,b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Doyle, B J ^c   Pearson, N J ^a   Coopersmith, H ^d   Kivi, K ^e   Malkovets, V ^a   Pokhilenko, N ^f  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc   (Canada)

^d Great Western Diamond Co   (United States)

^e Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc   (Canada)

^f SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; North America; SCLM

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; EXPLORATION; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAPPING; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE;

EID: 17744386716     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.034     Document Type: Article

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