A rare occurrence of a crater-filling clastogenic extrusive coherent kimberlite, Victor Northwest (Ontario, Canada)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1047-1062

  van Straaten, Bram I ^a   Kopylova, M G ^a   Russell, J K ^a   Smith, B H Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Scott Smith Petrology Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clastogenic deposit; Coalescence; Extrusive coherent kimberlite; Kimberlite; Lava fountaining; Volcanic pipe

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DIATREME; EXTRUSION; KIMBERLITE; LAVA FLOW; PETROGRAPHY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANOLOGY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 80053916736     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0507-7     Document Type: Article

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