Fe isotope and trace element geochemistry of the Neoproterozoic syn-glacial Rapitan iron formation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 100-112

  Halverson, Galen P ^a,e   Poitrasson, Franck ^a   Hoffman, Paul F ^b,c   Nédélec, Anne ^a   Montel, Jean Marc ^a,f   Kirby, Jason ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

(banded) iron formation; Glaciation; Iron isotopes; Neoproterozoic; Rapitan Group; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; IRON FORMATION; IRON ISOTOPES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; RAPITAN GROUP;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS; YTTRIUM;

IRON;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGENESIS; GLACIATION; HEMATITE; IRON; ISOSTASY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; YTTRIUM;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 79961167588     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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