Banded iron formation (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Banded iron formation

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An example of the 3.7 billion year old banded iron formation that is found in the northeastern part of the Isua Supracrustal Belt. Credit: Claire Nichols. 

 

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Claire Nichols.

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