Selenium isotopes support free O2 in the latest Archean

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 259-262

  Stüeken, Eva E ^a   Buick, Roger ^a   Anbar, Ariel D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FRACTIONATION; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS; SELENIUM; WEATHERING;

GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; ISOTOPE EXCURSION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PHOTOSYNTHETIC OXIDATION; POSITIVE EXCURSION; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS;

ISOTOPES;

ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX POTENTIAL; SELENIUM;

EID: 84923295838     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36218.1     Document Type: Article

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