Deposition of 1.88-billion-year-old iron formations as a consequence of rapid crustal growth

Nature

Volumn 484, Issue 7395, 2012, Pages 498-501

  Rasmussen, Birger ^a   Fletcher, Ian R ^a   Bekker, Andrey ^b   Muhling, Janet R ^c   Gregory, Courtney J ^a   Thorne, Alan M ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; SULFATE; ZIRCONIUM;

DEEP SEA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IRON; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; MELTING; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILICA; TUFF;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; VOLCANO;

ARIZONA; AUSTRALIA; SUPERIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860301326     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11021     Document Type: Article

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