Using Ge/Si ratios to decouple iron and silica fluxes in Precambrian banded iron fomations

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-38

  Hamade, Tristan ^a   Konhauser, Kurt O ^a   Raiswell, Rob ^a   Goldsmith, Sarah ^b   Morris, Richard C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean Proterozoic ocean chemistry; Ge Si ratios; Hamersley banded iron formation

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS;

FLUXES; IRON; SEDIMENTATION; SILICA; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GERMANIUM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; PRECAMBRIAN; SILICA; WEATHERING;

EID: 0037286288     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0035:UGSRTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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