Negative Ce anomaly in the Indian banded iron formations: Evidence for the emergence of oxygenated deep-sea at 2.9-2.7 Ga

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Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-110

  Kato, Yasuhiro ^a   Kano, Takashi ^b   Kunugiza, Keitaro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation (BIF); Ce anomaly; Dharwar Craton; Geochemistry; Hydrothermal sediment; Oxygen; Rare earth element (REE); Redox condition

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CERIUM; EARLY EARTH; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON ORE; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OXYGENATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REDOX POTENTIAL;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 0042885864     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2002.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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