An iron shuttle for deepwater silica in late Archean and early Paleoproterozoic iron formation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 222-235

  Fischer, Woodward W ^a,b   Knoll, Andrew H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation; Chert; Iron cycle; Kuruman; South Africa; Transvaal

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; BANDED IRON-FORMATIONS; BANDED-IRON FORMATIONS; CHERT; DEEPWATER; IRON CYCLE; IRON FORMATION; KURUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

SILICA;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CHERT; DIAGENESIS; LAMINATION; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEROZOIC; SIDERITE; SILICA;

AFRICA; KURUMAN; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

EID: 61349084416     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26328.1     Document Type: Article

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