Ozone and life on the Archaean Earth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1856, 2007, Pages 1889-1901

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Raven, John A ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaean; Ozone; Photosynthesis; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547339033     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2049     Document Type: Article

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