Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean
Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean
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A temperate Archaean ocean
It had been thought that ocean temperatures during the early Archaean (around 3.5 billion years ago) were between 55 and 85 °C. But a recent study made a case for Archaean ocean temperatures no greater than 40 °C. The well-preserved rocks of the Barberton Greenstone Belt in southern Africa contain a geochemical record...
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Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean
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0028-0836
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10.1038/nature08952
