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

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

Abstract 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 granul...

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Main Authors: Albertus J. B. Smith, Nicolas J. Beukes, Jens Gutzmer, Clark M. Johnson, Andrew D. Czaja, Noah Nhleko, Frikkie de Beer, Jakobus W. Hoffman, Stanley M. Awramik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66805-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66805-0

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