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Life on a Mesoarchean marine shelf – insights from the world’s oldest known granular iron formation

The Nconga Formation of the Mesoarchean (~2.96–2.84 Ga) Mozaan Group of the Pongola Supergroup of southern Africa contains the world’s oldest known granular iron formation. Three dimensional reconstructions of the granules using micro-focus X-ray computed tomography reveal that these granules are mi...

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Autores principales: Smith, Albertus J. B., Beukes, Nicolas J., Gutzmer, Jens, Johnson, Clark M., Czaja, Andrew D., Nhleko, Noah, de Beer, Frikkie, Hoffman, Jakobus W., Awramik, Stanley M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7324406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32601306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66805-0