Atmospheric composition and climate on the early Earth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1474, 2006, Pages 1733-1742

  Kasting, James F ^a   Howard, M Tazewell ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass independent fractionation; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Seawater composition; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; EARLY EARTH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

EID: 33750087586     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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