Stratigraphic changes of Ge/Si, REE+Y and silicon isotopes as insights into the deposition of a Mesoarchaean banded iron formation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 355-356, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-118

  Delvigne, C ^a,b   Cardinal, D ^b,d   Hofmann, A ^c   Andre L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Archaean; Banded iron formation; Ge Si ratios; Pongola Supergroup; Silicon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; CO-EVOLUTION; DIAGENETICS; FRACTIONATION PROCESS; FRESH WATER; HIGH-T; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; PONGOLA SUPERGROUP; PORE FLUIDS; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SI ISOTOPES; SILICA PRECIPITATION; SILICON ADSORPTION; SILICON ISOTOPES; SOUTH AFRICA; STRATIGRAPHIC CHANGES;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; EUROPIUM; ISOTOPES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEAWATER; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY;

SILICON;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; GERMANIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SILICON;

KWAZULU-NATAL; PONGOLA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867118245     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.035     Document Type: Article

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