Black smokers and density currents: A uniformitarian model for the genesis of banded iron-formations

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 381-411

  Lascelles, Desmond F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation; Black smokers; Iron ore; Precambrian environments; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON-FORMATION; BLACK SMOKER; OCEAN FLOOR;

EROSION; MINERALOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; BLACK SMOKER; CHERT; DENSITY CURRENT; DEPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IRON ORE; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 34548167108     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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