Dust to dust: Evidence for the formation of “primary” hematite dust in banded iron formations via oxidation of iron silicate nanoparticles

Conventional models for the deposition of banded iron formations (BIFs) envisage the oxidation of upwelled ferrous iron and the precipitation of ferric oxide/hydroxide particles in surface waters that settled to form laterally extensive layers of iron-rich sediment. A fundamental tenet of this model...

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Main Authors: Rasmussen, Birger, Muhling, Janet, Suvorova, A., Krapež, Bryan
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2016
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140100512
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27420