Constraints on ocean carbonate chemistry and pCO2 in the Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-45

  Blattler C L ^a   Kump, L R ^b   Fischer, W W ^c   Paris, G ^c,d   Kasbohm, J J ^a   Higgins, J A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CALCIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; EARLY EARTH; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 85014354269     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2844     Document Type: Article

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