Franklin Mace, Chief Geologist at AEMG, noted that the drilling has consistently intersected banded iron formations averaging 30 metres in width. Interestingly, serpentinite rocks potential ...

As a geology undergraduate student, I was taught about the importance of a type of rock deposit known as the banded iron formation in recording the planet’s history. Banded iron formations were ...

As a geology undergraduate student, I was taught about the importance of a type of rock deposit known as the banded iron formation in recording the planet's history. Banded iron formations were ...

Rivers may have operated on a global scale around 3.5 billion years ago. The new find comes courtesy of ancient rocks in China and South Africa. A change in rock chemistry around that time ...

Using genetically engineered mice, the researchers demonstrated that aging suppresses tumor formation by altering iron regulation and reducing cellular stemness. These findings suggested new ...

Competition between iron-oxidizing bacteria affected the formation of banded iron deposits. Toxic nitrogen monoxide from nitrate-reducing bacteria hindered phototrophic iron oxidizers. The study ...

Huge iron ore deposits in Western Australia's Hamersley Province formed when major tectonic events led to the breakup of supercontinent Columbia and to the amalgamation of Australia. When you ...

Today, these 2.45-billion-year-old sedimentary rock deposits are called banded iron formations. They represent a unique archive of the interactions between Earth’s continents, oceans and ...

Study co-author Associate Professor Martin Danišík, from the John de Laeter Centre, said the research precisely dated minerals from banded iron formations (BIFs), which are ancient underwater ...

In the Pilbara most hematite is found in spectacular layered sedimentary rock known as banded iron formations (BIF) that are most obvious in gorges and places like Karijini National Park.

Whether you’re a waterfall countertop superfan and think they turn kitchen islands into beautiful natural stone focal points or hate them and feel they’re basically the contemporary kitchen ...