Kimberlite ascent by assimilation-fuelled buoyancy

Nature

Volumn 481, Issue 7381, 2012, Pages 352-356

  Russell, James K ^a   Porritt, Lucy A ^a   Lavallé, Yan ^b   Dingwell, Donald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRATON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MANTLE; SOLUBILITY; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LITHOSPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOLUBILITY; VOLCANO;

EID: 84856010992     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10740     Document Type: Article

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