Dissolved silica affects the bulk iron redox state and recrystallization of minerals generated by photoferrotrophy in a simulated Archean ocean

A Zhou, AS Templeton, JE Johnson - Geobiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical sedimentary deposits called Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) are one of the best
surviving records of ancient marine (bio) geochemistry. Many BIF precursor sediments …

Isotopic Constraints on the Nature of Primary Precipitates in Archean–Early Paleoproterozoic Iron Formations from Determinations of the Iron Phonon Density of States …

AW Heard, N Dauphas, IL Hinz… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Iron formations (IFs) are chemical sedimentary rocks that were widely deposited before the
Great Oxidation Event (GOE) around 2.4–2.2 Ga. It is generally thought that IFs precipitated …

[HTML][HTML] Snapshot of a Paleoarchean seafloor: Evidence from 3.43-3.35 Ga Strelley Pool chert-pebble conglomerate for deposition, silicification, and erosion of …

B Rasmussen, JR Muhling, A Sadekov - Precambrian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Some of the oldest, well-preserved exhalative sedimentary rocks (ferruginous cherts and
jaspilites) occur in volcanic-dominated Paleoarchean sequences in the northern Pilbara …

Mineralogy of the 1.45 Ga Wafangzi manganese deposit in North China: Implications for pulsed Mesoproterozoic oxygenation events

H Yan, L Xu, J Mao, D Tang, X Yang, Y Bai… - American …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Ancient manganese (Mn) deposits are primarily characterized by the presence of Mn (II)
carbonates that likely formed by the diagenetic reduction of precursor Mn (IV) oxides. As …

Resolving the fate of trace metals during microbial remineralization of phytoplankton biomass in precursor banded iron formation sediments

KI Rico, M Schad, A Picard, A Kappler… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) have long been considered a sedimentary record of
seawater trace metal composition during the Precambrian. However, recent work has …

A Glimpse at Some Momentous Recent Discoveries and Developments in Geosciences

PV Sukumaran - Journal of the Geological Society of …, 2025 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Inventions and discoveries in geosciences are seldom momentous unlike those in physical,
chemical and biological sciences. Science today is increasingly trans-disciplinary …

The effects of microbial iron reduction and silica on green rust in banded iron formations

TJM Casselman - 2024 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
The geochemical composition of Earth's oceans was different from that of modern oceans
prior to the Great Oxidation Event (2.4 Ga), with negligible free oxygen and abundant iron …

Logan Medallist 8. Trace Elements in Iron Formation as a Window into Biogeochemical Evolution Accompanying the Oxygenation of Earth's Atmosphere

KO Konhauser, A Kappler, SV Lalonde… - … Canada: Journal of the …, 2023 - erudit.org
Iron formations exemplify a type of sedimentary rock found in numerous Archean and
Proterozoic supracrustal successions. They serve as a valuable chemical record of …