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

[Paul]

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

Yours,

Paul H.