Hydrothermal and resedimented origins of the precursor sediments to banded iron formation: Sedimentological evidence from the Early Palaeoproterozoic Brockman Supersequence of Western Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 979-1011

  Krapež, Bryan ^a   Barley, Mark E ^a   Pickard, April L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation; Hamersley; Hydrothermal sediments; Precambrian; Sequence stratigraphy; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRALIA; CHICHESTER RANGE; HAMERSLEY RANGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0142199315     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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