Suboxic deep seawater in the late Paleoproterozoic: Evidence from hematitic chert and iron formation related to seafloor-hydrothermal sulfide deposits, central Arizona, USA

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 243-256

  Slack, J F ^a   Grenne, T ^b   Bekker, A ^c   Rouxel, O J ^d   Lindberg, P A ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ce anomalies; deep ocean redox state; hematitic chert; iron formation; Proterozoic; rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; HEMATITIC CHERT; SUBOXIC STATE; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IRON; REDOX REACTIONS;

SEAWATER;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CHERT; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; HEMATITE; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847034775     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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