Chemical and biological evolution of early Earth: Constraints from banded iron formations

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 198, Issue , 2006, Pages 291-333

  Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Yumiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Kosei E ^b   Naraoka, Hiroshi ^c   Haruna, Makoto ^d   Kakegawa, Takeshi ^e   Hayashi, Ken Ichiro ^f   Kato, Yasuhiro ^g  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Uchida Yoko Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archean; Atmospheric evolution; Banded iron formation; Biological evolution; Oceanic evolution

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; BIOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COBALT DEPOSITS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAVY METALS; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PYRITES; SEAWATER; SILICA; SMOKE; SUBMARINES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOANALYSIS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERIC EVOLUTION; BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; OCEANIC EVOLUTION;

GALLIUM;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; BIOSPHERE; BRINE; CIRCULATION; COOLING; EARLY EARTH; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENSTONE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALOGY; OCEAN; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SIDERITE; SUBMARINE; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALIA; BLACK SEA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; HAMERSLEY BASIN; KURUMAN; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 72849108985     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.1198(17)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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