Air density 2.7 billion years ago limited to less than twice modern levels by fossil raindrop imprints

Nature

Volumn 484, Issue 7394, 2012, Pages 359-362

  Som, Sanjoy M ^a,b,e   Catling, David C ^a   Harnmeijer, Jelte P ^a,c   Polivka, Peter M ^a,d   Buick, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BLUE MARBLE SPACE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHANE; MOMENTUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RAINDROP; VELOCITY; VOLCANIC ASH;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; DENSITY; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VOLCANIC ASH;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RAIN; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84859883908     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10890     Document Type: Article

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