Banded iron formation, Isua, Greenland. (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Banded iron formation, Isua, Greenland.

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Study co-author Athena Eyster standing in front of a large exposure of banded iron formation, the iron rich deposit from which ancient magnetic field signals were extracted. Credit: Claire Nichols.

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Claire Nichols.

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