Low pCO2 in the pore water, not in the Archean air

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7349, 2011, Pages

  Dauphas, N ^a   Kasting, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS ION; MAGNETITE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARCHEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGEN; NOTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS;

EID: 79957944831     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09960     Document Type: Note

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