Asteroid impact ejecta units overlain by iron-rich sediments in 3.5-2.4 Ga terrains, Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons: Accidental or cause-effect relationships?

• Main Author: Glikson, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: Banded iron-formation; Ferruginous shale; Jaspilite; Colloids; Iron; Oxygen; Seawater; Sedimentation; Stratigraphy; Volcanoes; Sedimentary rocks; asteroid; ejecta; sediment; terrain; Australasia; Australia; Pilbara Block; Western Australia; Archaean; asteroid impact; banded iron-formation; early Proterozoic; Antarctic; Gorge Creek; Greenland; The Antarctic; Vallen; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/19325

The significance of temporal and spatial associations between asteroid/comet impact ejecta units and overlying iron-rich sediments, including banded iron-formation (BIF), jaspilite and ferruginous shale, observed in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia and the Barberton Greenstone Belt (BGB), Kaapv...