Variations of olivine abundance and grain size in the Snap Lake kimberlite intrusion, Northwest Territories, Canada: A possible proxy for diamonds

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 23-35

  Field, M ^a   Gernon, T M ^b   Mock, A ^e   Walters, A ^c   Sparks, R S J ^c   Jerram, D A ^d  

^a DiaKim Consulting Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Numericalrocks   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crystal size distributions; Diamond; Kimberlite; Olivine

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; GRAIN SIZE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; KIMBERLITE; LITHOFACIES; OLIVINE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SNAP LAKE;

EID: 72049085277     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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