Sedimentologic and stratigraphic constraints on emplacement of the Star Kimberlite, east-central Saskatchewan

Lithos

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 115-138

  Zonneveld, John Paul ^a   Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^b   Harvey, Shawn E ^c   Heaman, Larry M ^d   McNeil, David H ^a   Marcia, Kirsten Y ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Saskatchewan Industry and Resources   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Shore Gold Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extra crater pyroclastic; Kimberlite; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Tephra cone; Tephra ring; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KIMBERLITE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 4444374391     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.043     Document Type: Article

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