Emplacement conditions of some Lac de Gras kimberlites and their effect on the resorption of diamonds

• Main Author: Fedortchouk, Yana
• Other Authors: Canil, Dante
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: kimberlite; diamonds; Northwest Territories; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Earth and Ocean Sciences; Canada; Lac de Gras
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2154

Crystallization temperatures (T) and oxygen fugacities (fO2) of kimberlite magma estimated from oxides included in olivine phenocrysts from eight kimberlite pipes in the central Slave Province, Canada, are compared to the degree and character of resorption observed in diamonds recovered from these k...