Mantle melts, metasomatism and diamond formation: Insights from melt inclusions in xenoliths from Diavik, Slave Craton

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 675-682

  Araujo D P ^a,b   Griffin, W L ^a   O'Reilly, S Y ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Instituto de Geociencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Diamond; Diavik; Kimberlite; Melt inclusions; Metasomatism

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DIAMOND; DIOPSIDE; ENTRAINMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT INCLUSION; METASOMATISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALIZATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PHENOCRYST; RECRYSTALLIZATION; XENOLITH;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; LAC DE GRAS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SLAVE PROVINCE;

EID: 71749114344     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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