Petrography and geochemistry of the Dales Gorge banded iron formation: Paragenetic sequence, source and implications for palaeo-ocean chemistry

Precambrian Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 163-187

  Pecoits, E ^a   Gingras, M K ^a   Barley, M E ^b   Kappler, A ^c   Posth, N R ^c   Konhauser, K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations; Mineralogy; Provenance; Trace metals; Weathering

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; IRON; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROVENANCE; TRACE METAL; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DALES GORGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65549141310     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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