From banded iron-formation to iron ore: Geochemical and mineralogical constraints from across the Hamersley Province, Western Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 215-251

  Webb, Adam D ^a   Dickens, Gerald R ^a,b   Oliver, Nicholas H S ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation; Chemistry; Dales Gorge Member; Hamersley Province; Iron ore genesis; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; IRON ORE; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; SHALE;

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY PROVINCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037800329     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00352-2     Document Type: Article

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