Comments on Gigapan: Snowball Earth Educational Rock Sample Suite PFH-1

From the Amogjar cap dolostone in West Africa. This barite fan records barium sulfate remobilization that occurred during a rapid shift in oceanic chemical conditions. Barium sulfate is insoluble in oxygenated water, but under anoxic conditions it will dissolve in the manner seen here. PFH-1 records unusual oceanic ...

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    July 10, 2012

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