Isotope composition and volume of Earth's early oceans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4371-4376

  Pope, Emily C ^a,b,c   Bird, Dennis K ^a,c   Rosing, Minik T ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaean; Faint early sun; Hydrogen escape; Hydrosphere; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 18; SEA WATER; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER;

EID: 84858641175     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115705109     Document Type: Article

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