The Kimberlites and related rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-371

  Donnelly, Cara L ^a   Griffin, William L ^a   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Pearson, Norman J ^a   Shee, Simon R ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Shee and Associates Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kaapvaal Craton; Kimberlite classification; Kimberlite petrography; Kuruman; Sr, Nd, and Hf isotopes; Trace element geochemistry

Indexed keywords

AGE; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; LAMPROPHYRE; MAGMA; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PEROVSKITE; PETROGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

KAAPVAAL CRATON; KURUMAN; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79551682392     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0536-9     Document Type: Article

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