Characterisation of early Archaean chemical sediments by trace element signatures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-60

  Bolhar, Robert ^a   Kamber, Balz S ^a   Moorbath, Stephen ^b   Fedo, Christopher M ^c   Whitehouse, Martin J ^d  

^a Adv Ctr Quland Univ Isotop Res Excel   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Archaean; Banded iron formation; Chemical sediments; Isua Greenstone Belt; Metasomatism; REE+Y; Seawater composition

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 2342599673     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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