Peridotite and Pyroxenite xenoliths from the Muskox kimberlite, northern Slave craton, Canada

• Main Authors: Newton, David Edward, Kopylova, Maya G, Burgess, Jennifer, Strand, Pamela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2015
• Subjects: Canada; Wall Rocks; muskox
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/70737; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2015-0083

Abstract We present petrography, mineralogy and thermobarometry for 53 mantle-derived xenoliths from the Muskox kimberlite pipe in the northern Slave craton. The xenolith suite includes 23% coarse peridotite, 9% porphyroclastic peridotite, 60% websterite and 8% orthopyroxenite. Samples primarily com...