In situ UPb age determination and SrNd isotopic analysis of perovskite from the Premier (Cullinan) kimberlite, South Africa

Chemical Geology

Volumn 353, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-95

  Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Mitchell, Roger H ^b   Li, Qiu Li ^a   Sun, Jing ^a   Liu, Chuan Zhou ^a   Yang, Yue Heng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emplacement age; NdSr isotopes; Perovskite; Premier kimberlite

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL UNCERTAINTY; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; EMPLACEMENT AGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MULTI-COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ND-SR ISOTOPES; PREMIER KIMBERLITE;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; WEATHERING;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AGE DETERMINATION; CRATON; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE PLUME; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PEROVSKITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84883655324     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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