Banded iron formations

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn , Issue 9781402092114, 2011, Pages 92-103

  Posth, Nicole R ^a   Konhauser, Kurt O ^b   Kappler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84926320001     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_19     Document Type: Chapter

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