Primitive Os and 2316 Ma age for marine shale: Implications for Paleoproterozoic glacial events and the rise of atmospheric oxygen

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Hannah, Judith L ^a   Bekker, Andrey ^b   Stein, Holly J ^a   Markey, Richard J ^a   Holland, Heinrich D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Glaciation; Osmium; Paleoproterozoic; Transvaal supergroup

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; OXYGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SHALE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

EID: 4344682885     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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