Iron isotope composition of some Archean and Proterozoic iron formations

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-169

  Planavsky, Noah ^a,b   Rouxel, Olivier J ^b,c   Bekker, Andrey ^d   Hofmann, Axel ^e   Little, Crispin T S ^f   Lyons, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; IRON; IRON OXIDE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 84856552185     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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