Kimberlite emplacement models - The implications for mining projects

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 20-28

  Jakubec, Jaroslav ^a  

^a SRK CONSULTING   (Canada)

Author keywords

diamond mining; diamonds; emplacement models; kimberlite

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; DIAMONDS; DILUTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MINING;

KIMBERLITE; UNDERGROUND MINING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DIAMOND; EMPLACEMENT; HOST ROCK; KIMBERLITE; MINING; MODELING; ORE BODY;

EID: 44749094522     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.12.038     Document Type: Article

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