K6 pipe explained

K6 pipe is a diamondiferous diatreme in the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field of Northern Alberta, Canada. It is thought to have formed about 85 million years ago when this part of Alberta was volcanically active during the Late Cretaceous period.^[1] It is typical of melts that originated from the lower mantle.^[2]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Canada
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada

Notes and References

1. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/9IKC/00281/9IKC-A-00281-1.pdf?PHPSESSID=aa8d4e5da867c91b77c682776d5e4336 Emplacement characteristics of Late Cretaceous and Paleocene pyroclastic and injected kimberlites in northern Alberta, Canada
2. http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/ABSTRACTS/GEO_2003_37.html Alberta Geological Survey: Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of Kimberlitic Rocks in Northern Alberta: Constraints for Source of Magmatism and Emplacement Age