Attawapiskat kimberlite field

Attawapiskat kimberlite field

The Attawapiskat kimberlite field is a field of diatremes located in the James Bay lowlands, Northern Ontario, Canada. It is thought to have formed about 180 million years ago when the North American Plate moved westward over a center of upwelling magma called the New England hotspot, also referred to as the Great Meteor hotspot. [ [http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection-R/GSC-CGC/M44-2001/M44-2001-F3E.pdf Geological Survey of Canada: A Late Triassic Rb-Sr phlogopite isochron age for a kimberlite dyke from the Rankin Inlet area, Nunavut] ]

ee also

*Volcanism in Canada
*List of volcanoes in Canada

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