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Air density 2.7 billion years ago limited to less than twice modern levels by fossil

Air density 2.7 billion years ago limited to less than twice modern levels by fossil

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Air density 2.7 billion years ago limited to less than twice modern levels by fossil

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Air density 2.7 billion years ago limited to less than twice modern levels by fossil

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London: Nature Publishing Group

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Nature (London), 2012-04, Vol.484 (7394), p.359

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group

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[...]before the advent of an aerobic nitrogen cycle coincident with rising oxygen levels12, the flux of nitrogen back to the atmosphere via the now-dominant nitrification-denitrification pathway would have been different from now. [...]an upper bound on air density can be derived from the largest raindrop imprints, formed by the transfer of momentu...

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Air density 2.7 billion years ago limited to less than twice modern levels by fossil

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1010742887

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1010742887

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0028-0836

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1476-4687

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