Did global tectonics drive early biosphere evolution? Carbon isotope record from 2.6 to 1.9 Ga carbonates of Western Australian basins

Precambrian Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-34

  Lindsay, John F ^a   Brasier, Martin D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archean; Biosphere; Carbon isotopes; Hamersley basin; Palaeoproterozoic; Pilbara

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GALLIUM; LEAD; OXYGEN; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

BIOSPHERE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; EARLY EARTH; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036472951     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00219-4     Document Type: Article

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