Mantle processes in an Archean orogen: Evidence from 2.67 Ga diamond-bearing lamprophyres and xenoliths

Lithos

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 300-328

  Wyman, D A ^a   Ayer, J A ^b   Conceicao R V ^c   Sage, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Archean; Diamond; Lamprophyre; Shoshonite; Superior Province; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DIAMOND; KOMATIITE; LAMPROPHYRE; MANTLE PROCESS; OROGENY; SHOSHONITE; XENOLITH;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 33745489612     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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