Reply to the Discussion by Mitchell and Tappe on "Kimberlites and aillikites as probes of the continental lithospheric mantle"

Lithos

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 293-295

  Francis, D ^a   Patterson, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aillikite; Carbonate; Diamond; Kimberlite

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PETROGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 76349117671     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.12.003     Document Type: Note

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