The origin of high-MgO diamond eclogites from the Jericho Kimberlite, Canada

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 527-537

  Smart, Katie A ^a   Heaman, Larry M ^a   Chacko, Thomas ^a   Simonetti, Antonio ^a   Kopylova, Maya ^b   Mah, Dale ^c   Daniels, Delene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Tahera Diamond Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

diamond bearing eclogites; element diffusion; Jericho kimberlite; mantle metasomatism; Slave craton; trace element geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT DIFFUSION; JERICHO KIMBERLITE; MANTLE METASOMATISM; SLAVE CRATON; TRACE-ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; DIAMONDS; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SCANDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS;

CLINOPYROXENE; CRATON; DIAMOND; DIFFUSION; ECLOGITE; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 67650535481     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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