A coupled ecosystem-climate model for predicting the methane concentration in the archean atmosphere

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-285

  Kasting, James F ^a   Pavlov, Alexander A ^a   Siefert, Janet L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean atmosphere; Archean ecosystems; Atmospheric methane; Methanogenic bacteria; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; METHANE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; METHYLOCOCCACEAE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034983530     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010600401718     Document Type: Article

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