Diamonds and their mineral inclusions from the Renard kimberlites in Quebec

Lithos

Volumn 142-143, Issue , 2012, Pages 267-284

  Hunt, Lucy ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^a   McCandless, Tom E ^a,b   Armstrong, John ^c   Muelenbachs, Karlis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCC Geoscience   (Canada)

^c Stornoway Diamond Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonation; Coesite; Diamond; Nitrogen; Superior Craton

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COESITE; CRATON; DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; PERIDOTITE; SILICON;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84860538168     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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