Iron formation: The sedimentary product of a complex interplay among mantle, tectonic, oceanic, and biospheric processes-a reply

Economic Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-380

  Bekker, A ^a   Krapez B ^b   Slack, J F ^c   Planavsky, N ^d   Hofmann, A ^e   Konhauser, K O ^f   Rouxel, O J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g IFREMER   (France)

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EID: 84858661305     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.107.2.379     Document Type: Note

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