	Schmidberger, Stefanie S., Simonetti, Antonio, Francis, Don, Gariépy, Clément (2002) Probing Archean lithosphere using the Lu–Hf isotope systematics of peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island kimberlites, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 197 (3) 245-259 doi:10.1016/s0012-821x(02)00491-0	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	systematics of peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island kimberlites, Canada Stefanie S. Schmidberger a;b; ,...University, 3450 University Street, Montre¤al, QC, Canada H3A 2A7 GEOTOP, Universite¤ du Que¤bec a' Montre¤al...O. Box 8888, succ. Centre-Ville, Montre¤al, QC, Canada H3C 3P8 Received 6 November 2001; accepted 23...constituent garnets from the Nikos kimberlite (100 Ma) on Somerset Island in order to constrain the isotopic...low-temperature Nikos peridotites ( 6 1100‡C), which represent the shallow Somerset lithosphere, are
	Schmidberger, S.S., Simonetti, A., Francis, D. (2001) Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systematics of mantle xenoliths from Somerset Island kimberlites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65 (22) 4243-4255 doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(01)00687-1	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	from Somerset Island kimberlites: Evidence for lithosphere stratification beneath Arctic Canada S. S...University Street, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2A7, Canada GEOTOP, Université du Québec à Montréal, CP...succ. Centreville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada 2 (Received December 14, 2000; accepted in revised...pyroxenite xenoliths and their host Nikos kimberlite (100 Ma) from Somerset Island to constrain the isotopic character...root beneath the northern Canadian craton. The Nikos peridotites are enriched in highly incompatible
	Schmidberger, S.S, Francis, D (1999) Nature of the mantle roots beneath the North American craton: mantle xenolith evidence from Somerset Island kimberlites. Lithos, 48 (1) 195-216 doi:10.1016/s0024-4937(99)00029-8	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	American craton: mantle xenolith evidence from Somerset Island kimberlites S.S. Schmidberger ) , D. Francis...UniÕersity, 3450 UniÕersity Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7 Received 23 March 1998; received in revised...Abstract The recently discovered Nikos kimberlite on Somerset Island, in the Canadian Arctic, hosts an...garnet–pyroxenite. The whole rock and mineral data for 54 Nikos xenoliths indicate a highly refractory underlying...continental terranes Žave. olivine Fo s 91.0.. The Nikos xenoliths yield pressures and temperatures of last
	Schmidberger, S.S., Simonetti, A., Francis, D. (2003) Small-scale Sr isotope investigation of clinopyroxenes from peridotite xenoliths by laser ablation MC-ICP-MS—implications for mantle metasomatism. Chemical Geology, 199 (3) 317-329 doi:10.1016/s0009-2541(03)00125-6	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	University, 3450 University Street, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2A7 GEOTOP, Université du Québec à Montréal...CP 8888 succ. Centreville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8 Received 1 February 2002; accepted 31 March...peridotite xenoliths from the Nikos kimberlite, Somerset Island (Arctic Canada) obtained by laser ablation...trend towards the composition of the host Nikos kimberlite. It thus appears likely that the Sr isotope...result of metasomatic interaction with the host kimberlite magma. The preservation of Sr isotopic variability
	Wu, Fu-Yuan, Yang, Yue-Heng, Mitchell, Roger H., Li, Qiu-Li, Yang, Jin-Hui, Zhang, Yan-Bin (2010) In situ U–Pb age determination and Nd isotopic analysis of perovskites from kimberlites in southern Africa and Somerset Island, Canada. Lithos, 115 (1) 205-222 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.12.010	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	from kimberlites in southern Africa and Somerset Island, Canada Fu-Yuan Wu a,⁎, Yue-Heng Yang a, Roger...Geology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...U–Pb ages Nd isotopes Perovskite Kimberlite Southern Africa Canada a b s t r a c t Determination of...emplacement ages and initial isotopic composition of kimberlite by conventional isotopic methods using bulk rock...twelve samples from 7 kimberlites from Somerset Island, Canada have been selected for in situ perovskite
	SCHMIDBERGER, S. S., FRANCIS, D. (2001) Constraints on the Trace Element Composition of the Archean Mantle Root beneath Somerset Island, Arctic Canada. Journal of Petrology, 42 (6) 1095-1117 doi:10.1093/petrology/42.6.1095	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	of the Archean Mantle Root beneath Somerset Island, Arctic Canada S. S. SCHMIDBERGER∗ AND D. FRANCIS...UNIVERSITY STREET, MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC H3A 2A7, CANADA RECEIVED APRIL 11, 2000; REVISED TYPESCRIPT ACCEPTED...and garnet pyroxenites from the Nikos kimberlite pipe on Somerset Island, Canadian Arctic, their constituent...constituent garnet and clinopyroxene, and the host kimberlite. These refractory mantle xenoliths are depleted...between calculated and analyzed REE contents for the Nikos bulk rocks that amount to LREE deficiencies of 70–99%
	Schmidberger, S. S. (1998) The Deep Cratonic Mantle Roots Beneath the Canadian Craton: Mantle Xenolith Evidence from Somerset Island Kimberlites. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (3) 1340 doi:10.1180/minmag.1998.62a.3.35	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Canadian craton: Mantle xenolith evidence from Somerset Island kimberlites S. S. Schmidberger D. Francis ... McGill University, Montreal, Qu6bec, H3A 2A7, Canada The nature and origin of the mantle roots beneath...recently discovered Cretaceous Nikos kimberlite (Pell, 1993) on Somerset Island, in the Canadian Arctic, consists...bulk compositions and mineral data for fifty-four Nikos xenoliths indicate their highly refractory nature...the western margin of the Canadian shield. The Nikos xenoliths yield pressures and temperalures of last
	*Francis, D (2003) Cratonic mantle roots, remnants of a more chondritic Archean mantle?. Lithos, 71 (2) 135-152 doi:10.1016/s0024-4937(03)00110-5*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	University, 3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7 Abstract The Earth’s continents are cored...mantle. Low-temperature mantle xenoliths from kimberlite pipes indicate that the shallow parts of these...composition of Fig. 1. Radar mosaic map of northwestern Canada showing the locations of mantle xenolith localities...Jericho kimberlite pipe in the Slave Province, and the Nikos kimberlite pipe of Somerset Island. Symbols:...xenolith suites—black circles, Jericho pipe and Nikos pipes—white triangles. D. Francis / Lithos 71
	Malarkey, J., Pearson, D.G., Kjarsgaard, B.A., Davidson, J.P., Nowell, G.M., Ottley, C.J., Stammer, J. (2010) From source to crust: Tracing magmatic evolution in a kimberlite and a melilitite using microsample geochemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 299 (1) 80-90 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.020	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	source to crust: Tracing magmatic evolution in a kimberlite and a melilitite using microsample geochemistry...3LE, United Kingdom Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0E8 Colorado School of Mines, Golden...2010 Editor: R.W. Carlson Keywords: perovskite kimberlite melilitite Sr isotopes megacrysts a b s t r...study of primary minerals within the Jos kimberlite, Canada, in order to observe how different phases...progressive crustal interaction in the evolving kimberlite. Identiﬁcation of the least contaminated phases
	SCHMIDBERGER, S, HEAMAN, L, SIMONETTI, A, CREASER, R, COOKENBOO, H (2005) Formation of Paleoproterozoic eclogitic mantle, Slave Province (Canada): Insights from in-situ Hf and U–Pb isotopic analyses of mantle zircons. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240 (3) 621-633 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.057	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Paleoproterozoic eclogitic mantle, Slave Province (Canada): Insights from in-situ Hf and U–Pb isotopic analyses...Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E3 b Watts, Giffis and McQuat, 620-475 Howe St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 4B3 ...diamondiferous Jericho kimberlite located within the Archean Slave Province (Nunavut), Canada. The U–Pb zircon...metasomatism including interaction with the host kimberlite magma during sample transport; processes that...In some mantle-derived xenoliths entrained in kimberlite, including eclogite, zircon is an accessory mineral
	*Francis, Don, Patterson, Michael (2009) Kimberlites and aillikites as probes of the continental lithospheric mantle. Lithos, 109 (1) 72-80 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.05.007*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	University, GEOTOP UQAM-McGill, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2A7 A R T I C L E I N F O Article history:...May 2008 Available online 4 June 2008 Keywords: Kimberlite Aillikite Lithospheric mantle Continent Diamond...Si-poor side of the composition of olivine. Group-I kimberlite can be distinguished from aillikite on the basis...inverse correlation between diamond grade and kimberlite Fe and Ti contents may simply reﬂect the fact...diamond production of kimberlite ﬁelds and the Fe and Ti contents in their host kimberlite and conclude that
	Bragagni, A., Luguet, A., Fonseca, R.O.C., Pearson, D.G., Lorand, J.-P., Nowell, G.M., Kjarsgaard, B.A. (2017) The geological record of base metal sulfides in the cratonic mantle: A microscale 187 Os/ 188 Os study of peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island, Rae Craton (Canada) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 216. 264-285 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.015	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	study of peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island, Rae Craton (Canada) A. Bragagni, A. Luguet, R.O.C. Fonseca...study of peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island, Rae Craton (Canada), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta...STUDY OF PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS FROM SOMERSET ISLAND, RAE CRATON (CANADA) A. Bragagni1, 2, A. Luguet1, R...Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada* 4 Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique...Durham, Durham, UK 6 Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada *: Corresponding author: abragagn@uni-koeln
	*(1999) Index. Lithos, 48 (1) 339-342 doi:10.1016/s0024-4937(99)00051-1*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	48 Ž1999. 339–342 Subject Index Abitibi belt (Canada) heat flow 9, 95, 101–102, 107–108 Appalachians...Namaqua Natal belt 46, 93, 99 Nikos kimberlite Ž see Somerset Island kimberlite. North American craton composition...structure 38 Skippy project 17, 19, 26 Slave Province (Canada) electrical conductivity 61, 64, 72 heat flow 64...212–214 thermal structure 195, 210–212 Somerset Island kimberlite (Canada) 195–215 South(ern) African cratons... 317–318, 326–329, 331, 334 Superior Province (Canada) electrical conductivity 69–71 heat flow 82, 94–99
	Simonetti, Antonio, Neal, Clive R. (2010) In-situ chemical, U–Pb dating, and Hf isotope investigation of megacrystic zircons, Malaita (Solomon Islands): Evidence for multi-stage alkaline magmatic activity beneath the Ontong Java Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295 (1) 251-261 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.004	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	oceanic setting mimics that deﬁned by cratonic kimberlite provinces and suggests that the Malaitan upper...chain is located within the southwestern Paciﬁc region and delineates the boundary between the Paciﬁc...Indo–Australian lithospheric plates (Fig. 1). The region is dominated by the Ontong Java Plateau (OJP; Fig...et al., 1999): The Paciﬁc Province (includes the island of Malaita — Fig. 1B), the Central Province, and...oceanic basalts (Hughes and Turner, 1976). The island of Malaita (Fig. 1B) is geologically distinct from
	*Mitchell, Roger H., Giuliani, Andrea, O’Brien, Hugh (2019) What is a Kimberlite? Petrology and Mineralogy of Hypabyssal Kimberlites. Elements, 15 (6) 381-386 doi:10.2138/gselements.15.6.381*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	What is a Kimberlite? Petrology and Mineralogy of Hypabyssal Kimberlites Roger H. Mitchell1, Andrea Giuliani2...analyses. Melt inclusion studies have shown that kimberlite melts contain higher alkali concentrations than...(magmatic and/or crustal), the composition of primary kimberlite melts remains unknown. intrusive bodies of holocrystalline...coherent rock (Fig. 1A) occur at different depths in kimberlite pipes (see Fig. 4 in Giuliani and Pearson 2019...ic k imberlites” (K PK; formerly “tuffisitic kimberlite”; named after a classic locality in South Africa)
	Surgutanova, E. A., Agashev, A. M., Demonterova, E. I., Golovin, A. V., Pokhilenko, N. P. (2016) Sr and Nd isotope composition of deformed peridotite xenoliths from Udachnaya kimberlite pipe. Doklady Earth Sciences, 471 (1) 1204-1207 doi:10.1134/s1028334x16110258	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Deformed Peridotite Xenoliths from Udachnaya Kimberlite Pipe E. A. Surgutanovaa, A. M. Agasheva, E....peridotite xenoliths collected from the Udachnaya kimberlite* pipe (Yakutia). The data obtained imply two main...alteration took place shortly before formation of the kimberlite melt. The metasomatic agent of this stage had...for the normal OIB type (PREMA) and the Group-I kimberlite. DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X16110258 Deformed peridotite...uniquely fresh DP xenoliths from the Udachnaya pipe kimberlite. They bear no signs of secondary alterations
	Ionov, Dmitri A., Shirey, Steven B., Weis, Dominique, Brügmann, Gerhard (2006) Os–Hf–Sr–Nd isotope and PGE systematics of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Tok, SE Siberian craton: Effects of pervasive metasomatism in shallow refractory mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 241 (1) 47-64 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.038	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	EOS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, V6T 1Z4 b d Received 25 July 2005; received...the late Mesozoic to early Cenozoic when the Tok region was close to the subduction-related Pacific margin...currently available, comes from the Udachnaya kimberlite in central craton [2,3] (Fig. 1). A small number...shown are peridotite xenoliths from the Baikal region [16] and SE Siberia [23]; calculated whole-rock...Fields of mid-ocean-ridge basalts (MORB), ocean island basalts (OIB) and enriched mantle (EM-1) are after
	*Hilst, R.D. van der, McDonough, W.F. (1999) Composition, Deep Structure and Evolution of Continents* - Developments in Geotectonics No. 24. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/s0419-0254(99)x8001-3**	Book
	They reveal that, like other Archean cratons, this region is underlain by a very refractory, melt-depleted...reveals that these samples are ancient fragments of island arc basalts that were once at the Earth's surface...British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1 Received 12 March 1998; received in revised...is possible only through xenoliths erupted in kimberlite magmas and it is often unclear to what 0024-4937/99/$...coincidence of L with the depth at which deep seated kimberlite xenoliths are believed to originate. Gaherty
	Griffin, W.L., O'Reilly, Suzanne Y., Doyle, B.J., Pearson, N.J., Coopersmith, H., Kivi, K., Malkovets, V., Pokhilenko, N. (2004) Lithosphere mapping beneath the North American plate☆. Lithos, 77 (1) 873-922 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.034	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Australia c Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc., 200 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1S4 d Great...80522, USA e Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc., Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 2Y1 f United Institute...reflect extensive metasomatic modification. In E. Canada, the degree of modification increases toward the...less refractory. The SCLM beneath the Kansas kimberlite field is highly melt-metasomatised, reflecting...Saskatchewan Sextant Rapids Slave Province Somerset Island State Line Anuri Doyle Lake Drybones Jericho
	Lebedeva, Nataliya M., Nosova, Anna A., Kargin, Alexey V., Larionova, Yulia O., Sazonova, Liudmila V., Tikhomirova, Yana S. (2020) Sr–Nd–O isotopic evidence of variable sources of mantle metasomatism in the subcratonic lithospheric mantle beneath the Grib kimberlite, northwestern Russia. Lithos, 376. 105779pp. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105779	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	subcratonic lithospheric mantle beneath the Grib kimberlite, northwestern Russia Nataliya M. Lebedeva a,b...Available online 19 September 2020 Keywords: Kimberlite Mantle xenoliths PIC Mantle metasomatism Rb-Sr...clinopyroxene-phlogopite rocks from the Grib kimberlite in the Arkhangelsk diamond province in northwestern...metasomatism took place during the interaction of kimberlite melts with SCLM that contained mica-amphibol...70486–0.70813) that is signiﬁcantly higher than the kimberlite values and a circa-chondritic εNd (−0.1 − +1
	*Canil, Dante (2004) Mildly incompatible elements in peridotites and the origins of mantle lithosphere☆. Lithos, 77 (1) 375-393 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2004.04.014*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	building, Room 280, 3800 Finnerty Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P6 Received 27 June 2003; accepted 4 February...(2001) Winterburn et al. (1990) Xenoliths Ocean Island Cont. Rift Cont. Intraplate Cont. Arc Oceanic...Vitim, the northern Slave, Kaapvaal and Somerset Island, Canada plotted against Al2O3 (see Table 2 for...large garnet peridotites from the Nikos kimberlite, Somerset Island, Canada, for which modes, and trace element...Cr in cratonic garnet peridotites from Somerset Island, Canada, plotted against Al2O3. Shown are the original
	Giuliani, Andrea, Woodhead, Jon D., Phillips, David, Maas, Roland, Davies, Gareth R., Griffin, William L. (2018) Titanates of the lindsleyite–mathiasite (LIMA) group reveal isotope disequilibrium associated with metasomatism in the mantle beneath Kimberley (South Africa) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 482. 253-264 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.014	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	in metasomatised mantle xenoliths entrained in kimberlite, basalts and related magmas. As the metasomatic...mantle xenoliths from the ∼84 Ma Bultfontein kimberlite (South Africa). Previous U/Pb dating of the LIMA...C–O–H, and hydrous potassic ﬂuids coeval with kimberlite magmatism in the lithospheric mantle beneath...Soltys et al., 2016). ii) Multiple pulses of kimberlite melt precondition the mantle wall rocks lining...lining the magmatic conduit before kimberlite magmas reach the surface (Giuliani et al., 2014a, 2016b). This
	Rezvukhin, Dmitriy I., Alifirova, Taisia A., Golovin, Alexander V., Korsakov, Andrey V. (2020) A Plethora of Epigenetic Minerals Reveals a Multistage Metasomatic Overprint of a Mantle Orthopyroxenite from the Udachnaya Kimberlite. Minerals, 10 (3) 264 doi:10.3390/min10030264	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	of a Mantle Orthopyroxenite from the Udachnaya Kimberlite Dmitriy I. Rezvukhin 1, * , Taisia A. Alifirova...orthopyroxenite from the Udachnaya-East kimberlite pipe, Daldyn kimberlite field, Siberian platform. Epigenetic...deep-seated mantle metasomatism, infiltration of a kimberlite-related melt and late post-emplacement hydrothermal...alterations. The reaction of orthopyroxene with the kimberlite-related melt has led to orthopyroxene dissolution...minerals; melt inclusions; xenolith; orthopyroxenite; kimberlite; multistage metasomatism; orthopyroxene dissolution;
	*GREGOIRE, M. (2003) Garnet Lherzolites from the Kaapvaal Craton (South Africa): Trace Element Evidence for a Metasomatic History. Journal of Petrology, 44 (4) 629-657 doi:10.1093/petrology/44.4.629*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	typical upper mantle, the continental mantle in this region has been strongly depleted in basaltic components...peridotite at some time before entrainment in kimberlite and as such are manifestations of mantle metasomatism...equilibrated with, the same melt related to Group I kimberlite magma. The Type 2 clinopyroxenes have trace element...therefore probably linked to melt related to Group II kimberlite magma. KEY WORDS: garnet lherzolites; Kaapvaal...et al., 1987) type metasomatism and Group II kimberlite or lamproite magmatism (Dawson & Smith, 1977;
	Zhang, R.Y., Liou, J.G., Zheng, J.P., Griffin, W.L., Yang, Y.-H., Jahn, B.-M. (2009) Petrogenesis of eclogites enclosed in mantle-derived peridotites from the Sulu UHP terrane: constraints from trace elements in minerals and Hf isotopes in zircon. Lithos, 109 (3) 176-192 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.08.002	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	numerous mantle eclogite xenoliths are found in kimberlite (e.g., ⁎ Corresponding author. E-mail address:...clinopyroxene in eclogite xenoliths from Udachnaya kimberlite after Taylor et al. (2003) are also shown for...1994) and high-T mantle xenoliths from the Nikos kimberlite (Schmidberger and Francis, 2001). The distribution... Mantle eclogites of group B as xenoliths in kimberlite are commonly thought to represent relics of ancient...Petrography and geochemistry of eclogite from the Mir kimberlite, Yakutia, Russian. Contributions to Mineralogy

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Kimberlite from Nikos kimberlite, Somerset Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada

Kimberlite from
Nikos kimberlite, Somerset Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada