Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field
- Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field
The Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field is a kimberlite field in north-central Alberta, Canada. It is a product of kimberlite volcanism during the Cretaceous period which was the most prolific period for world-wide kimberlite volcanism. The field is part of the Northern Alberta kimberlite province and consists of 48 diatremes, twenty-six are diamondiferous. [ [http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/minerals/diamonds/kimberlites_general.html Alberta Geological Survey: Kimberlite, Indicator Minerals and Diamonds] ]
ee also
*Volcanism in Canada
*List of volcanoes in Canada
References
External links
* [http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/9IKC/00367/9IKC-A-00367-2.pdf?PHPSESSID=e0fab7... Volcanic Facies and Eruption Styles in the Cretaceous Buffalo Head Hills Kimberlites, Alberta, Canada]
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