Rb-Sr and U-Pb geochronology and setting of the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field, northern Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-529

  Eccles, D Roy ^a,b   Creaser, Robert A ^b   Heaman, Larry M ^b   Ward, Jeff ^c  

^a Alberta Energy and Utilities Board   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Stornoway Diamond Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MICA; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBERTA (CO); DIAMOND WINDOW; HOST ROCKS; ISOCHRON AGE; LATE CRETACEOUS; MAGMATISM; MORPHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; PALEOCENE; ROCK CLASSIFICATION; SOURCE COMPOSITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRAMAFIC BODIES;

RUBIDIUM;

AGE DETERMINATION; CAMPANIAN; CONIACIAN; CRETACEOUS; DANIAN; DIAMOND; FACIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOST ROCK; HYPABYSSAL ROCK; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM; PALEOCENE; PEROVSKITE; PHLOGOPITE; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

ALBERTA; BUFFALO HEAD HILLS; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 46749158344     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-050     Document Type: Article

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