Diamonds and their mineral inclusions from the A154 South pipe, Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest territories, Canada

Lithos

Volumn 98, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 160-176

  Donnelly, Cara L ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Creighton, Steven ^a   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a   Whiteford, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Diavik Diamond Mines Inc Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

C isotopes; Inclusions in diamond; Lac de Gras; Lithospheric mantle; Nitrogen; Slave Craton

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; INCLUSION; KIMBERLITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

AFRICA; CANADA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548630847     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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