Experimental dissolution of molybdenum-sulphides at low oxygen concentrations: A first-order approximation of late Archean atmospheric conditions

Earth and Space Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 173-180

  Greber, Nicolas D ^a,b   Mäder, Urs ^a   Nägler, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean atmosphere; Great Oxidation Event; molybdenum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953706967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23335084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014EA000059     Document Type: Article

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