Drill Core of Iron Formations (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Drill Core of Iron Formations

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Image shows an example of drill core of the chemical sediments called iron formations that the UCR-based team used to track marine phosphorus concentrations. The core is from the approximately 2.2 billion-year-old Hotazel Formation from South Africa.

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Lyons lab, UC Riverside.

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