Dissolution forms in Lac de Gras diamonds and their relationship to the temperature and redox state of kimberlite magma

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-69

  Fedortchouk, Yana ^a   Canil, Dante ^a   Carlson, Jon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; DISSOLUTION; KIMBERLITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; LAC DE GRAS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27244439809     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-005-0003-1     Document Type: Article

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