Kimberlite from Somerset Island, District of Franklin, N.W.T.

A new occurrence of kimberlite located on Somerset Island in the Canadian Arctic is described. The intrusion is in the form of a diatreme showing evidence of fluidization and is emplaced in Ordovician sediments. Kimberlitic breccia containing rounded xenoliths of country rock and massive kimberlite...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Mitchell, Roger H., Fritz, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1973
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e73-035
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e73-035