Characterization and quantification of iron species in the banded iron formations (BIFs) in China Craton to explore the potential for H₂ production using XRD and Mössbauer spectroscopy

• Hyo-Im Kim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Geology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea, Research Institute of Molecular Alchemy, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5667-0060

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• Inkyeong Moon ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: moonik@kiost.ac.kr

  Affiliation Ocean Georesources Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8850-3785

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• Minkyeong Kim,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Geology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

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• Hyuk Jun Lee,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Geology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

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• Hyunkyung Choi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation HANARO Utilization Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

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• Young Rang Uhm,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation HANARO Utilization Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

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• Lei Liu,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, China

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• Jonguk Kim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean Georesources Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, Republic of Korea

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• Wonnyon Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean Georesources Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, Republic of Korea

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