Oxidation state of the lithospheric mantle beneath Diavik diamond mine, central Slave craton, NWT, Canada

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 645-657

  Creighton, Steven ^a,c   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Eichenberg, Dave ^b   Luth, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Diavik Diamond Mines Inc Canada   (Canada)

^c SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUGACITY; GARNET; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; OXIDATION; PERIDOTITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

CANADA; DIAVIK MINE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 77952241447     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0446-x     Document Type: Article

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