Making magnetite late again: Evidence for widespread magnetite growth by thermal decomposition of siderite in Hamersley banded iron formations

2017/12/06 by Birger Rasmussen, Janet R. Muhling · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Banded iron formation #Calcite #Chemistry #Ferric #Fluid inclusions #Geochemistry #Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis #Geology #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Hematite #Hydrothermal circulation #Inorganic chemistry #Iron ore #Iron oxide #Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits #Maghemite #Magnetite #Materials science #Metallurgy #Mineralogy #Paleontology #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Petrography #Precambrian #Siderite #Wüstite

paper · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2017.12.017

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Citations

• A Whiff of Oxygen Before the Great Oxidation Event?
• Paleoecological Significance of the Banded Iron-Formation
• Some Precambrian banded iron-formations (BIFs) from around the world: Their age, geologic setting, mineralogy, metamorphism, geochemistry, and origins
• Burial Metamorphism in the Hamersley Basin, Western Australia
• An authigenic origin for Precambrian greenalite: Implications for iron formation and the chemistry of ancient seawater

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• Magnetite [wikipedia]