H2O and CO2 in kimberlitic fluid as recorded by diamonds and olivines in several Ekati Diamond Mine kimberlites, Northwest Territories, Canada

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 549-559

  Fedortchouk, Yana ^a   Matveev, Sergei ^b   Carlson, Jon A ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

diamond resorption; FTIR spectroscopy; kimberlitic fluid; Lac de Gras kimberlites; phenocrystal olivine

Indexed keywords

ASCENT RATE; DIAMOND MORPHOLOGY; DIAMOND QUALITY; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-QUALITY DIAMONDS; IR SPECTRUM; KIMBERLITE MAGMAS; KIMBERLITE PIPES; KIMBERLITIC FLUID; LAC DE GRAS KIMBERLITES; MAGMATIC FLUIDS; MICRODIAMONDS; REGULAR SURFACES; SHARP FEATURES; SURFACE DISSOLUTION; VOLCANICLASTICS;

DIAMOND MINES; DISSOLUTION; FLUIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALS; MINING; OLIVINE; PIPE LININGS; SILICATE MINERALS;

DIAMONDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAMOND; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID COMPOSITION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; KIMBERLITE; OLIVINE; RESORPTION; WATER;

CANADA; EKATI MINE; LAC DE GRAS; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 73449108723     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.049     Document Type: Article

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