Origin of iron oxide spherules in the banded iron formation of the Bababudan Group, Dharwar Craton, Southern India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-42

  Orberger, Beate ^a   Wagner, Christiane ^b   Wirth, Richard ^c   Quirico, Eric ^d   Gallien, Jean Paul ^e   Derré, Colette ^b   Montagnac, Gilles ^a   Noret, Aurélie ^a   Jayananda, Mudlappa ^f   Massault, Marc ^a   Rouchon, Virgile ^a,g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^g IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations; Carbonaceous matter; FIB TEM; Hematite; Raman spectroscopy; Spherules

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; BLACK SHALE; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IRON OXIDE; KAOLINITE; QUARTZ; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPHERULE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

SPHERULES;

EID: 84860466658     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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