Extraterrestrial demise of banded iron formations 1.85 billion years ago

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1011-1014

  Slack, John F ^a   Cannon, William F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC WATER; BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; CHEMICAL SEDIMENT; DEEP OCEAN; DEEPWATER; HYDROTHERMALLY; LAKE SUPERIOR; MARGIN SETTING; NEW MODEL; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; REDOX STATE; SMALL CONCENTRATION;

DISSOLUTION; GALLIUM; SEAWATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BANDED IRON FORMATION; BOLIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MINERALIZATION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEROZOIC;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70450267840     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30259A.1     Document Type: Article

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