Australian Iron (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Australian Iron

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By studying iron extracted from cores drilled in rocks similar to these in Karijini National Park, Western Australia, UW-Madison researchers determined that half of the iron atoms had originated in shallow oceans after being processed by microbes 2.5 billion years ago.

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Courtesy of Clark Johnson

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