COMMENTARY -- Pipes susceptible to erosion

Kimberlites and lamproites were intruded through the Earth's crust over a wide variety of ages. Not surprisingly, they have all experienced some degree of erosion. In Botswana, a thick cover of windblown desert sand has protected the pipes, so that...

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