Primary melting sequence of a deep (> 250 km) lithospheric mantle as recorded in the geochemistry of kimberlite-carbonatite assemblages, Snap Lake dyke system, Canada

Chemical Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 317-328

  Agashev, A M ^a   Pokhilenko, N P ^a,c   Takazawa, E ^b   McDonald, J A ^c   Vavilov, M A ^a   Watanabe, T ^d   Sobolev, N V ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Diamondex Resources Ltd   (Canada)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Geochemistry; Kimberlite; Mantle; Slave craton

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIKE; ENRICHMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; LHERZOLITE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING; SOURCE ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SNAP LAKE;

EID: 52049124014     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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