Origin and evolution of large Precambrian iron formations

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 370, Issue , 2003, Pages 231-244

  Simonson, Bruce M ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations; BIFs; Granular iron formations; Iron rich rocks; Precambrian; Secular variations

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ROCK PRODUCTS; SILICATES;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; BIFS; GRANULAR IRON; IRON RICH; PRECAMBRIAN; SECULAR VARIATION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

BIOSPHERE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON OXIDE; LITHOSPHERE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 84870996903     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2370-1.231     Document Type: Article

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