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

Noreen J. Evans1,2, Brent McInnes1, Brad McDonald1,2, Martin Danišík1,3, Fred Jourdan1, Celia Mayers2, Eric R. Thern4, Dudley Corbett5
1John De Laeter Center for Isotope Research, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
2CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Kensington, Australia
3Department of Earth & Oceanic Sciences, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
4Department of Imaging and Applied Physics, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
5Kimberley Diamond Company, Ellendale Mine, Australia

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