USGS OFR 03-346
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Reactions postulated to be taking place in the emerging spring waters. It is not clear whether the magnetite precipitates upon first contact with oxygen, then oxydizes to ferric compounds, or whether the ferric compounds reduced when exposed to anoxic conditions upon burial beneath the sediment surface and reoxidized upon exhumation at the surface (we suspect latter).
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