Pervasive oxygenation along late Archaean ocean margins

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 647-652

  Kendall, Brian ^a   Reinhard, Christopher T ^b   Lyons, Timothy W ^b   Kaufman, Alan J ^c   Poulton, Simon W ^d   Anbar, Ariel D ^a,e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BLACK SHALE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGENATION; PHOTIC ZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHENIUM; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77956285243     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo942     Document Type: Article

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