Geology of the Orion South kimberlite, Fort à la Corne, Canada

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 600-617

  Kjarsgaard, B A ^a   Harvey, S ^b   McClintock, M ^c   Zonneveld, J P ^d   Du Plessis, P ^b   McNeil, D ^e   Heaman, L ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Shore Gold Inc   (Canada)

^c Volcanic Solutions Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphy; Emplacement style; Kimberlite; Multiple eruptive events; Sedimentology; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

CANADA; FORT A LA CORNE FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 71749107509     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.05.039     Document Type: Article

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