Was the deposition of large precambrian iron formations linked to major marine transgressions?

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 665-676

  Simonson, Bruce M ^a   Hassler, Scott W ^a,b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSGRESSION;

EID: 0030428767     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629861     Document Type: Article

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