Some Precambrian banded iron-formations (BIFs) from around the world: Their age, geologic setting, mineralogy, metamorphism, geochemistry, and origin

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1473-1499

  Klein, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANOXIC WATER; CALCIUM OXIDE; CARBONATES; DEPOSITION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GALLIUM; HEMATITE; LAKES; MAGNESIA; MAGNETITE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PYRITES; RARE EARTHS; SEAWATER; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PRECAMBRIAN ATMOSPHERES; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

IRON;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METALLOGENESIS; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 27644568708     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1871     Document Type: Editorial

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