Major element distribution in Archean banded iron formation (BIF): influence of metamorphic differentiation

• Published in: Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• Main Authors: KATSUTA, N., SHIMIZU, I., HELMSTAEDT, H., TAKANO, M., KAWAKAMI, S., KUMAZAWA, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Yellowknife
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.2012.00975.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1525-1314.2012.00975.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1525-1314.2012.00975.x

Abstract The Archean (2.8 Ga) Banded Iron Formation (BIF) of the Bell Lake region of Yellowknife greenstone belt, Canada is recrystallized to metamorphic assemblages of the amphibolite facies. This BIF is characterized by centimetre‐scale Fe‐rich and Si‐rich mesobands. In the Si‐rich mesobands, thin...