Glacial dispersal studies using indicator minerals and till geochemistry around two eastern Finland kimberlites

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-43

  Lehtonen, Marja L ^a   Marmo, J S ^a   Nissinen, A J ^a   Johanson, B S ^a   Pakkanen, L K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fennoscandia; Geochemistry; Karelian Craton; Kimberlite indicator minerals; Till

Indexed keywords

KIMBERLITE INDICATOR MINERALS; TILL; UTRAMAFIC METAVOLCANICS;

CHROMITE; DIAMONDS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; ROCKS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

GLACIAL TRANSPORT; INDICATOR MINERAL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TILL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 26444563369     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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