Paleontology of earth's mantle

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 277-300

  Sleep, Norman H ^a   Bird, Dennis K ^a   Pope, Emily ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Archean; Carbonatite; Gaia; Hadean; Kimberlite; Nitrogen; Serpentine; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBONATITES; GAIA; HADEAN; KIMBERLITE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SERPENTINE; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CARBONATITE; DIAMOND; HADEAN; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; KIMBERLITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SERPENTINE; SUBDUCTION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANO;

EID: 84860509696     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-092611-090602     Document Type: Article

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