Generation of banded iron formations by internal dynamics and leaching of oceanic crust

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 781-784

  Wang, Yifeng ^a   Xu, Huifang ^b   Merino, Enrique ^c   Konishi, Hiromi ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350766721     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo652     Document Type: Article

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