Formation of syngenetic and early diagenetic iron minerals in the late Archean Mt. McRae Shale, Hamersley Basin, Australia: New insights on the patterns, controls and paleoenvironmental implications of authigenic mineral formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1072-1087

  Raiswell, Rob ^a   Reinhard, Christopher T ^b   Derkowski, Arkadiusz ^c   Owens, Jeremy ^b   Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Anbar, Ariel D ^d   Lyons, Timothy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BANDED IRON FORMATION; DIAGENESIS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IRON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SHALE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78751703304     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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