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1 Iron Formations

2 From Meyers and Miller, 2008.

3 BIFs formed at the same time world wide.

4 BIFs http://www.geo.umn.edu/people/grads/bair0042/BIFs.jpg
Banded iron formation, iron and chert layers

5 Crusted plates collided and made the Great Lakes Tectonic Zone, which is still mildly active (still is possible to produce earthquakes).

6 Wait. Exam your bifs… what do you notice
Wait! Exam your bifs… what do you notice? …about their relative weight …are they magnetic?

7 Gravity Map, The iron formations are found by surveying the strength of the gravity and magnetic fields throughout Minnesota. Iron is more dense and magnetic than the surrounding layers.

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