Banded Iron Formations

Nicole R Posth, Kurt O Konhauser, Andreas Kappler

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Abstract

Sedimentary deposits of alternating iron-rich (20–40% Fe) and iron-poor, siliceous (40–50% SiO2) mineral layers that primarily precipitated throughout much of the late Archean (2.7–2.5 Ga) and Paleoproterozoic (2.5– 1.8 Ga), but then remerged in the Neoproterozoic (0.8 Ga).
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)0132620723
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 1973

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