Kimberlite and related rocks from Garnet Lake, West Greenland, including their mantle constituents, diamond occurrence, age and provenance

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 318-333

  Hutchison, Mark T ^a,b   Frei, Dirk ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Trigon GeoServices Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Aillikite; Carbonatite; Diamond; Garnet Lake; Greenland; Kimberlite; Mantle geotherm; Orangeite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; DIAMOND; EMPLACEMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY MINERAL; KIMBERLITE; ORIENTATION; PETROLOGY; PHLOGOPITE; PROVENANCE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 71749106082     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.05.034     Document Type: Article

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