Investigation of the origin of the ~2.5 billion year old (Ga) Valentines Iron Formation from Uruguay as insight to the redox conditions of early Earth oceans Grant uri icon

abstract

  • This Sigma Xi grant-in-aid of research will support the undergraduate research experience of geology major Erik Anderson at East Carolina University to test the hypothesis that the oceans were anoxic during the deposition of the Valentines Iron Formation.

date/time interval

  • August 2014 - May 2015