Was there really an archean phosphate crisis?

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5816, 2007, Pages 1234-

  Konhauser, Kurt O ^a   Lalonde, Stefan V ^a   Amskold, Larry ^a   Holland, Heinrich D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; IRON DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARCHEAN; OCEAN; PHOSPHATE; SILICA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARCHEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA;

EID: 33847659995     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136328     Document Type: Review

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