Author: ROSS, J, ed.
Title: Proceedings of the Fourth International Kimberlite Conference. Perth, 1986. Kimberlites and Related Rocks. Volume 1 - Their Composition, Occurrence, Origina and Emplacement.
Description: Blackwell Scientific Publications, Geological Society of Australia, 1989. Hardcover. Small Quarto. Previous owner's ex-libris plate to top RH corner of front free endpaper, slight sunning to spine, otherwise very good condition. Includes papers on Kimber lites as varieties of lamprophyres: implications for geological mapping, petrological research and mineral exploration; The petrology of kimberlites, related rocks and associated mantle xenoliths from the Kuruman province, South Africa; The Cross diatreme, British Columbia, Canada: a kimberlite in a young orogenic belt; The Kapamba lamproites of the Luangwa Valley, Eastern Zambia; Fluid and melt compositions in lampriotes and kimberlites based on the study of inclusions in olivine; The significance of brucite in South African kimberlites; Kimberlite and lampriote emplacement ages in Western Australia; a review of the geology of some kimberlites in China; The distribution pattern of kimberlites and associated rocks in Shandong, China; Iron-oxides as palaeotemperature indicators in Ellendale lamproite intrusions; Enriched mantle components and mantle recycling of sediments; The role of reduced C-O-H fluids in mantle partial melting; The genesis of lamproitic magmas in a reduced fluorine-rich mantle etc. GSA Special Publication No. 14. 646pp. ISBN 0867933844.

Keywords: geology geological kimberlites kimberlite rocks mantle xenoliths research