Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7291, 2010, Pages 1029-1032

  Blake, Ruth E ^a   Chang, Sae Jung ^a   Lepland, Aivo ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER;

ARCHEAN; BIOACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORIGIN OF LIFE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; SEAWATER; SILICON; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CYCLING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; APATITES; ARCHAEA; BIOGENESIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHOSPHATES; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 77951116320     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08952     Document Type: Article

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