Late archean biospheric oxygenation and atmospheric evolution

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5846, 2007, Pages 1900-1903

  Kaufman, Alan J ^a   Johnston, David T ^a   Farquhar, James ^a   Masterson, Andrew L ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^b   Bates, Steve ^b   Anbar, Ariel D ^c,d   Arnold, Gail L ^c   Garvin, Jessica ^e   Buick, Roger ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGENATION; SHALE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; AUSTRALIA; BIOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SOUTH AFRICA; SULFATES; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TIME;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34848904580     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138700     Document Type: Article

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