U-rich Archaean sea-floor sediments from Greenland - indications of > 3700 Ma oxygenic photosynthesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 237-244

  Rosing, Minik T ^a,b   Frei, Robert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaean; Carbon; Isua; Oxygenic photosynthesis; Pb isotopes; Th; U

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHALE; URANIUM;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 1642545527     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00609-5     Document Type: Article

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