Does seismically anisotropic subcontinental mantle lithosphere require metasomatic wehrlite-pyroxenite dyke stockworks?

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 961-965

  Snyder, David B ^a   Lockhart, Grant ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Indicator Minerals Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diamonds; Dykes; Kimberlites; Lithosphere; Metasomatism; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; DIKE; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PYROXENITE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEHRLITE;

CANADA; LAC DE GRAS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 71749095358     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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