The discovery of kimberlites in Antarctica extends the vast Gondwanan Cretaceous province

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Yaxley, Gregory M., Kamenetsky, Vadim S., Nichols, Geoffrey T., Maas, Roland, Belousova, Elena, Rosenthal, Anja, Norman, Marc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Prince Charles Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/bd93c2b2-73b9-447d-aeeb-5086e1cb1413; https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3921; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890694295&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Kimberlites are a volumetrically minor component of the Earth's volcanic record, but are very important as the major commercial source of diamonds and as the deepest samples of the Earth's mantle. They were predominantly emplaced from ≈2,100 Ma to ≈10 ka ago, into ancient, stable regions o...