Petrology of the Renard igneous bodies: Host rocks for diamond in the northern Otish Mountains region, Quebec

Lithos

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 475-490

  Birkett, T C ^a   McCandless, T E ^b   Hood, C T ^b  

^a SOQUEM Inc   (Canada)

^b Ashton Mining of Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diamond; Kimberlite; Melnoite; Otish Mountains; Ultramafic lamprophyre

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; KIMBERLITE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OTISH MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 4444323844     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.054     Document Type: Article

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