Microscale heterogeneity of Fe isotopes in >3.71 Ga banded iron formation from the Isua Greenstone Belt, southwest Greenland

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 719-722

  Whitehouse, Martin J ^a   Fedo, Christopher M ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; BIF; Fe isotopes; Isua Greenstone Belt; Paleo oceanography; Secondary ion mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; MICROSCALE HETEROGENEITY; PALEO-OCEANORAPHY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARCHEAN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNETITE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 34548060109     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23582A.1     Document Type: Article

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