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Research article
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04 May 2018
Research article |
| 04 May 2018
| 04 May 2018
Sedimentary mechanisms of a modern banded iron formation on Milos Island, Greece
Ernest Chi Fru
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geological Sciences, 10691, Stockholm University,
Stockholm, Sweden
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place,
CF10 3AT Cardiff, UK
Stephanos Kilias
Department of Economic Geology and Geochemistry, Faculty of Geology
and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Panepistimiopolis, Zographou, 15784, Athens, Greece
Magnus Ivarsson
Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55,
Odense M, 5230, Denmark
Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box
50007, Stockholm, Sweden
Jayne E. Rattray
Department of Geological Sciences, 10691, Stockholm University,
Stockholm, Sweden
Katerina Gkika
Department of Economic Geology and Geochemistry, Faculty of Geology
and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Panepistimiopolis, Zographou, 15784, Athens, Greece
Iain McDonald
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place,
CF10 3AT Cardiff, UK
Qian He
School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, CF10 3AT Cardiff, UK
Curt Broman
Department of Geological Sciences, 10691, Stockholm University,
Stockholm, Sweden
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- Newly discovered gossanite-like and sulfide ore bodies associated with microbial activity in the Zagros ophiolites from the Rayat area of NE Iraq M. Pirouei et al. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104191
- Episodic ferruginous conditions associated with submarine volcanism led to the deposition of a Late Carboniferous iron formation X. Yang et al. 10.1016/j.gca.2020.09.017
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- Mechanism of formation, mineralogy and geochemistry of the ooidal ironstone of Djebel Had, northeast Algeria H. Diab et al. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103736
- Early Neoproterozoic oxygenation dynamics along the northern margin of the West African Craton, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco E. Chi Fru et al. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120404
- Mesoarchean banded iron-formation from the northern Yangtze Craton, South China and its geological and paleoenvironmental implications H. Zhou et al. 10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106905
- Origin of Banded Iron Formations: Links with Paleoclimate, Paleoenvironment, and Major Geological Processes J. Yin et al. 10.3390/min13040547
- Origin of Hydrothermal Barite in Polymetallic Veins and Carbonate-Hosted Deposits of the Cyclades Continental Back Arc S. Wind et al. 10.5382/econgeo.5028
- Bio-Geochemical Processes: Insights from Fe-Mn Mineralization in the Aegean Sea (Greece) C. Vasilatos et al. 10.3390/min12101303
- Origin of granodiorite hosted Neoarchaean orogenic gold ore deposits: Stable isotopic and geochemical constraints with example from the Dharwar craton, southern India M. Kesarwani et al. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.03.001
- Precipitation of Mn Oxides in Quaternary Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures (MISS), Cape Vani Paleo-Hydrothermal Vent Field, Milos, Greece S. Kilias et al. 10.3390/min10060536
- Hydrothermal formation of iron-oxyhydroxide chimney mounds in a shallow semi-enclosed bay at Satsuma Iwo-Jima Island, Kagoshima, Japan S. Kiyokawa et al. 10.1130/B35782.1
- The origin of early-Paleozoic banded iron formations in NW China X. Yang et al. 10.1016/j.gr.2021.02.008
- Benthic redox conditions and nutrient dynamics in the ca. 2.1 Ga Franceville sub-basin J. Aubineau et al. 10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106234
- Manganese metallogenesis in the Hellenic arc: Case studies from a Triassic rift-related volcaniclastic succession of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit, Greece C. Stouraiti et al. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104694
- Origin of ooids, peloids and micro-oncoids of marine ironstone deposits in Western Siberia (Russia) M. Rudmin et al. 10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105361
- Early Pleistocene banded iron-rich sedimentary rocks at Cape Vani, Milos Island, Greece: A modern analogue of Precambrian banded iron formations? S. Sun et al. 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2022.106198
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Short summary
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are chemical sediments last seen in the marine sedimentary record ca. 600 million years ago. Here, we report on the formation mechanisms of a modern BIF analog in the Cape Vani sedimentary basin (CVSB) on Milos Island, Greece, demonstrating that rare environmental redox conditions, coupled to submarine hydrothermal activity and microbial processes, are required for these types of rocks to form in the modern marine biosphere.
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are chemical sediments last seen in the marine sedimentary record...
