Petrology and textural classification of the Jericho kimberlite, northern Slave Province, Nunavut, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 701-723

  Kopylova, Maya G ^a   Hayman, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); EARTH SCIENCES; GARNETS; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; IRON; MICA; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PIPE; ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

CLINOPYROXENE; EXPLOSIVE EVENTS; JURASSIC; KIMBERLITE MAGMAS; MINERAL COMPOSITIONS; MONTICELLITE; SOFT SEDIMENTS; TEXTURAL CLASSIFICATION; THREE PHASES; TWO PHASES;

MINERALS;

CLASSIFICATION; CORE LOGGING; CRATON; DIKE; HYPABYSSAL ROCK; KIMBERLITE; MAGMA; PETROLOGY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TEXTURE; XENOLITH;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; LAC DE GRAS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 49549095351     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-011     Document Type: Article

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