Multiple oscillations in Neoarchaean atmospheric chemistry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 431, Issue , 2015, Pages 264-273

  Izon, Gareth ^a   Zerkle, Aubrey L ^a   Zhelezinskaia, Iadviga ^b   Farquhar, James ^b   Newton, Robert J ^c   Poulton, Simon W ^c   Eigenbrode, Jennifer L ^d   Claire, Mark W ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Hydrocarbon haze; Methane; MIF; Multiple sulphur isotopes; Neoarchaean

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXYGENATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC ABERRATION; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; MIF; MULTIPLE-SULPHUR ISOTOPE; NEOARCHAEAN; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; METHANE; OXYGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84944080978     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.018     Document Type: Article

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