Emplacement age and thermal footprint of the diamondiferous Ellendale E9 lamproite pipe, Western Australia

Emplacement age and thermal footprint of the diamondiferous Ellendale E9 lamproite pipe, Western Australia

The diamondiferous Ellendale 9 (E9) pipe is a funnel-shaped maar-diatreme volcano consisting of inward-dipping tuff sequences intruded by lamproite plugs and dykes. The host rocks for the E9 pipe are Permian sandstones. The multiple lithological contacts exposed within the mined maar volcano provide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Evans, Noreen, McInnes, Brent, McDonald, Bradley, Danisik, M., Jourdan, Fred, Mayers, C., Thern, Eric, Corbett, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2013
Subjects:
U–Pb
lamproite
diamond
thermochronology
eochronology
(U–Th)/He
exploration
Ellendale
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8361

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8361

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