The Sedimentary Origin of Black and White Banded Cherts of the Buck Reef, Barberton, South Africa
The Buck Reef is a 250−400 m thick sequence of banded black and white (B&W) cherts deposited ca. 3416 Ma ago in a shallow basin. We provide field, petrological and geochemical constraints on the chert-forming process and the origin of the banding. White layers consist of nearly pur...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Geosciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/10/424 |