The composition of Earth's oldest iron formations: The Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt (Québec, Canada)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 331-342

  Mloszewska, Aleksandra M ^a   Pecoits, Ernesto ^a   Cates, Nicole L ^b   Mojzsis, Stephen J ^b,d   O'Neil, Jonathan ^c   Robbins, Leslie J ^a   Konhauser, Kurt O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Banded iron formation; Eoarchean; Hadean; Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt; Seawater; Trace element geochemistry

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; EARLIEST LIFE; EOARCHEAN; GLOBAL OCEAN; HADEAN; IRON FORMATION; MICRO-SCALE VARIATION; MINERAL PHASIS; PARTITIONING COEFFICIENTS; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; SILICATE GEL; THIN SECTION; TIO; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY; TRACE METAL; WEST GREENLAND;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALCIUM; EUROPIUM; GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC;

SEAWATER;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; HADEAN; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAGNETITE; QUARTZ; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; NUVVUAGITTUQ GREENSTONE BELT; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84455170839     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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