Hydrothermal and resedimented origins of the precursor sediments to banded iron formation: sedimentological evidence from the Early Palaeoproterozoic Brockman Supersequence of Western Australia

The Early Palaeoproterozoic Brockman Supersequence comprises banded iron formation (BIF), bedded chert, limestone, mudrock, sandstone, breccia, tuffaceous mudstone, ashfall tuff and, in sections not reported here, basalt and rhyolite. Density current rhythms are preserved in sandstones, mudrocks, tu...

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Main Authors: Krapez, Bryan, Pickard, A., Barley, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46848