Emplacement of a large igneous province as a possible cause of banded iron formation 2.45 billion years ago

Nature

Volumn 385, Issue 6611, 1997, Pages 55-58

  Barley, M E ^a   Pickard, A L ^a   Sylvester, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON OXIDE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, HAMERSLEY PROVINCE;

EID: 0030621144     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/385055a0     Document Type: Article

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