"Kimberlite" from Wekusko Lake, Manitoba: Actually a diamond-indicator-bearing dolomite carbonatite

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 347-357

  Chakhmouradian, A R ^a   Bohm C O ^b   Demeny A ^c   Reguir, E P ^a   Hegner, E ^d   Creaser, R A ^e   Halden, N M ^a   Yang, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Industry   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Dolomite carbonatite; Isotope geochemistry; Kimberlite; Trace elements; Wekusko Lake

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; DOLOMITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MINERALOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WEKUSKO LAKE;

MICAS;

EID: 71749115815     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.039     Document Type: Article

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