Could bacteria have formed the Precambrian banded iron formations?

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1079-1082

  Konhauser, Kurt O ^a   Hamade, Tristan ^b   Raiswell, Rob ^b   Morris, Richard C ^c   Ferris, F Grant ^d   Southam, Gordon ^e   Canfield, Donald E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations; Chemolithoautotrophic iron oxidation; Photoferrotrophy; Precambrian; Sedimentary deposits

Indexed keywords

METAL CYCLING;

BACTERIA; IRON; IRON ALLOYS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

GEOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BANDED IRON FORMATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036966012     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1079:CBHFTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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