Beukes, Nicolas J.
University of Johannesburg · National Research Foundation
20 papers on CoChatORCID 0000-0002-6531-3695
Most cited papers
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Dating the rise of atmospheric oxygen
Bekker, A., Holland, H. D., Wang, P.-L., Rumble, D., Stein, H. J., Hannah, J. L., Coetzee, L. L., & Beukes, N. J. (2004) · Nature
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological and Geochemical Analysis
Cited by 1,435
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Atmospheric oxygenation three billion years ago
Crowe, S. A., Døssing, L. N., Beukes, N. J., Bau, M., Kruger, S. J., Frei, R., & Canfield, D. E. (2013) · Nature
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological and Geochemical Analysis
Cited by 640
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Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis half a billion years before the Great Oxidation Event
Planavsky, N. J., Asael, D., Hofmann, A., Reinhard, C. T., Lalonde, S. V., Knudsen, A., Wang, X., Ossa Ossa, F., Pecoits, E., Smith, A. J. B., et al. (2014) · Nature Geoscience
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 615
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Rapid oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago
Luo, G., Ono, S., Beukes, N. J., Wang, D. T., Xie, S., & Summons, R. E. (2016) · Science Advances
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological and Geochemical Analysis
Cited by 371
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Ancient geochemical cycling in the Earth as inferred from Fe isotope studies of banded iron formations from the Transvaal Craton
Johnson, C. M., Beard, B. L., Beukes, N. J., Klein, C., & O'Leary, J. M. (2003) · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 311
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Fe, C, and O isotope compositions of banded iron formation carbonates demonstrate a major role for dissimilatory iron reduction in ~2.5Ga marine environments
Heimann, A., Johnson, C. M., Beard, B. L., Valley, J. W., Roden, E. E., Spicuzza, M. J., & Beukes, N. J. (2010) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 283
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Evidence for free oxygen in the Neoarchean ocean based on coupled iron–molybdenum isotope fractionation
Czaja, A. D., Johnson, C. M., Roden, E. E., Beard, B. L., Voegelin, A. R., Nägler, T. F., Beukes, N. J., & Wille, M. (2012) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 162
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Pb, O, and C isotopes in silicified Mooidraai dolomite (Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa): Implications for the composition of Paleoproterozoic seawater and ‘dating’ the increase of oxygen in the Precambrian atmosphere
Bau, M., Romer, R. L., Lüders, V., & Beukes, N. J. (1999) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological and Geochemical Analysis
Cited by 155
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A redox-stratified ocean 3.2 billion years ago
Satkoski, A. M., Beukes, N. J., Li, W., Beard, B. L., & Johnson, C. M. (2015) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 152
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Light-driven anaerobic microbial oxidation of manganese
Daye, M., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Pajusalu, M., Rowland, S., Farrell-Sherman, A., Beukes, N., Tamura, N., Fournier, G., & Bosak, T. (2019) · Nature
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 145
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Rise in seawater sulphate concentration associated with the Paleoproterozoic positive carbon isotope excursion: evidence from sulphate evaporites in the ∼2.2–2.1 Gyr shallow‐marine Lucknow Formation, South Africa
Schröder, S., Bekker, A., Beukes, N. J., Strauss, H., & Van Niekerk, H. S. (2008) · Terra Nova
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 140
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Isotopic constraints on the Late Archean carbon cycle from the Transvaal Supergroup along the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa
Fischer, W. W., Schroeder, S., Lacassie, J. P., Beukes, N. J., Goldberg, T., Strauss, H., Horstmann, U. E., Schrag, D. P., & Knoll, A. H. (2009) · Precambrian Research
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological and Geochemical Analysis
Cited by 139
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Sedimentology of the Kuruman and Griquatown iron-formations, Transvaal Supergroup, Griqualand West, South Africa
Beukes, N. J. (1984) · Precambrian Research
Geological formations and processesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Cited by 103
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Modern rather than Mesoarchaean oxidative weathering responsible for the heavy stable Cr isotopic signatures of the 2.95 Ga old Ijzermijn iron formation (South Africa)
Albut, G., Babechuk, M. G., Kleinhanns, I. C., Benger, M., Beukes, N. J., Steinhilber, B., Smith, A. J. B., Kruger, S. J., & Schoenberg, R. (2018) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 103
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Manganese oxide shuttling in pre-GOE oceans – evidence from molybdenum and iron isotopes
Kurzweil, F., Wille, M., Gantert, N., Beukes, N. J., & Schoenberg, R. (2016) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 90
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Sources of rare-earth elements and iron in Paleoproterozoic iron-formations from the Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa: evidence from neodymium isotopes
Bau, M., Höhndorf, A., Dulski, P., & Beukes, N. J. (1997) · The Journal of Geology
Geochemistry and Elemental AnalysisPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Cited by 86
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Iron formation carbonates: paleoceanographic proxy or recorder of microbial diagenesis?
Johnson, C. M., Ludois, J. M., Beard, B. L., Beukes, N. J., & Heimann, A. (2013) · Geology
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 80
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Nitrogen fixation sustained productivity in the wake of the Palaeoproterozoic Great Oxygenation Event
Luo, G., Junium, C. K., Izon, G., Ono, S., Beukes, N. J., Algeo, T. J., Cui, Y., Xie, S., & Summons, R. E. (2018) · Nature Communications
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 75
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Manganese carbonate-bearing mudstone of the Witwatersrand-Mozaan succession in southern Africa as evidence for bacterial manganese respiration and availability of free molecular oxygen in Mesoarchaean oceans
Smith, A. J. B., Beukes, N. J., Cochrane, J. M., & Gutzmer, J. (2023) · South African Journal of Geology
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Cited by 22
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Corrigendum to “A redox-stratified ocean 3.2 billion years ago” [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 430 (2015) 43–53]
Satkoski, A. M., Beukes, N. J., Li, W., Beard, B. L., & Johnson, C. M. (2017) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis
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