Kimberlite xenoliths from Baffin Island, Canada, reveal size of lost continent

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Diamond samples in Canada reveal size of lost continent

BBC News, March 21, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51989255

 

Geologists find lost fragment of ancient continent in Canada’s North

University of British Columbia, March 19, 2020

https://science.ubc.ca/news/geologists-find-lost-fragment-ancient-continent-canada’s-north

 

Papers are:

 

Kopylova, M.G., Tso, E., Ma, F., Liu, J. and Pearson, D.G., 

2020. The metasomatized mantle beneath the North Atlantic 

Craton: Insights from peridotite xenoliths of the Chidliak 

kimberlite province (NE Canada). Journal of Petrology.

https://academic.oup.com/petrology/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/petrology/egz061/5697922

 

Pell, J., Clements, B., Grütter, H., Neilson, S. and Grenon, H., 

2013. Following kimberlite indicator minerals to source in 

the Chidliak kimberlite province, Nunavut. New Frontiers for 

Exploration in Glaciated Terrain. Edited by RC Paulen and 

MB McClenaghan. Geological Survey of Canada. Open 

File, 7374, pp.21-26.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257874039_Following_kimberlite_indicator_minerals_to_source_in_the_Chidliak_Kimberlite_Province_Nunavut

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Pell

 

Pell, J., Grütter, H., Neilson, S., Lockhart, G., Dempsey, S. and 

Grenon, H., 2013. Exploration and discovery of the Chidliak 

kimberlite province, Baffin Island, Nunavut: Canada’s newest 

diamond district. In Proceedings of 10th International 

Kimberlite Conference (pp. 209-227). Springer, New Delhi.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257922249_Exploration_and_Discovery_of_the_Chidliak_Kimberlite_Province_Baffin_Island_Nunavut_Canada's_Newest_Diamond_District

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Pell

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.