Source heterogeneity for the major components of ∼ 3.7 Ga Banded Iron Formations (Isua Greenstone Belt, Western Greenland): Tracing the nature of interacting water masses in BIF formation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 266-281

  Frei, Robert ^a,b   Polat, Ali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

BIF; Greenland; Hadean; Isua; Pb isotopes; Sm Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENT;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SAMARIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 33845613153     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.033     Document Type: Article

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