Layered mantle structure beneath the western Guyana Shield, Venezuela: Evidence from diamonds and xenocrysts in Guaniamo kimberlites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 192-205

  Schulze, Daniel J ^a   Canil, Dante ^b   Channer, Dominic M De R ^c   Kaminsky, Felix V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Guaniamo Mining Company   (Venezuela)

^d KM Diamond Exploration Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; XENOLITH;

GUYANA SHIELD; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 29444460849     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.08.025     Document Type: Article

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