Mineralogical constraints on Precambrian pCO2

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7349, 2011, Pages

  Reinhard, Christopher T ^a   Planavsky, Noah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; MAGNETITE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALOGY; NOTE; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 79957929150     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09959     Document Type: Note

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