Enigmatic diamonds in Archean calc-alkaline lamprophyres of Wawa, southern Ontario, Canada

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-173

  De Stefano, Andrea ^a   Lefebvre, Nathalie ^b   Kopylova, Maya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b De Beers Canada Exploration Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DIAMOND; LAMPROPHYRE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WAWA;

EID: 33644798832     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-005-0052-5     Document Type: Article

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