Neoarchean paleoweathering of tonalite and metabasalt: Implications for reconstructions of 2.69Ga early terrestrial ecosystems and paleoatmospheric chemistry

Precambrian Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Driese, Steven G ^a   Jirsa, Mark A ^b   Ren, Minghua ^c   Brantley, Susan L ^d   Sheldon, Nathan D ^e   Parker, Don ^a   Schmitz, Mark ^f  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosignatures; Neoarchean; Northeastern Minnesota; Paleoweathering; Saprolite

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DETRITUS; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MASS BALANCE; METABASALT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; REGOLITH; SAPROLITE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TONALITE; UNCONFORMITY; WEATHERING PROFILE; WEATHERING RATE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960413897     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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