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Fall 2018
Banded iron formations (BIF) are a key chemical sedimentary record for examining the evolution of the early oceans, atmosphere, and biosphere. While the classic model suggests that BIF were deposited by either anoxygenic photoferrotrophs or oxygen producing cyanobacteria, recent studies have...
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Zinc in Precambrian iron formations: The record, partitioning, diagenetic effects and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution
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Zinc is amongst the most important trace elements for eukaryotes. Previous work has suggested it to have been at biolimiting concentrations for much of the Precambrian, thereby limiting eukaryotic evolution. Yet, the iron formation (IF) record, a critical proxy for paleomarine conditions, has...
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Zinc in Precambrian iron formations: The record, partitioning, diagenetic effects and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution - Supplemental FIles
Zinc in Precambrian iron formations: The record, partitioning, diagenetic effects and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution - Supplemental FIles
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Contains files related to the thesis "Zinc in Precambrian iron formations: The record, partitioning, diagenetic effects and implications for eukaryotic metallome evolution," Leslie J. Robbins, Fall 2013.