Stable isotope and Rare Earth Element evidence for recent ironstone pods within the Archean Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1457-1470

  Hren, Michael T ^a   Lowe, Donald R ^a   Tice, Michael M ^a,c   Byerly, Gary ^b   Chamberlain, C Page ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOETHITE; HEMATITE; IRONSTONE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33644635107     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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