Syn- and post-eruptive volcanic processes in the Yubileinaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia, Russia, and implications for the emplacement of South African-style kimberlite pipes

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 579-591

  Kurszlaukis, S ^a   Mahotkin, I ^b   Rotman, A Y ^c   Kolesnikov, G V ^c   Makovchuk, I V ^c  

^a De Beers Group   (South Africa)

^b De Beers   (Russian Federation)

^c ALROSA ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crater; Emplacement; Kimberlite; Phreatomagmatic; Pipe; Tuffisitic

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DEPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; KIMBERLITE; LITHOFACIES; PHREATOMAGMATISM; RHIZOSPHERE; ROCK AVALANCHE; TEPHRA; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 71749107216     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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