Photochemistry of methane in the Earth's early atmosphere

Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: The primary kingdoms

Woese, C. R., & Fox, G. E. (1977) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.74.11.5088 · Cited by 4,131 · see citing works

A negative feedback mechanism for the long‐term stabilization of Earth's surface temperature

Walker, J. C. G., Hays, P. B., & Kasting, J. F. (1981) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans · doi:10.1029/jc086ic10p09776 · Cited by 2,310 · see citing works

Chemical kinetics and photochemical data for use in stratospheric modeling

DeMore, W. B., Margitan, J. J., Molina, M. J., Watson, R. T., Golden, D. M., Hampson, R. F., Kurylo, M. J., HOWARD, C. J., & Ravishankara, A. R. (1992) · NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) · Cited by 1,535 · see citing works

Earth's earliest biosphere : its origin and evolution

Schopf, J. W. (1983) · Cited by 1,290 · see citing works

The chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans

Sibley, D. F. (1979) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/0016-7037(79)90059-0 · Cited by 1,142 · see citing works

Untitled work

(1978) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 1,073 · see citing works

Earth and Mars: evolution of atmospheres and surface temperatures

Sagan, C., & Mullen, G. (1972) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.177.4043.52 · Cited by 942 · see citing works

Evaluated kinetic data for high temperature reactions

Baulch, D. L., Drysdale, D. D., Horne, D. G., & Lloyd, A. C. (1972) · Butterworths eBooks · Cited by 881 · see citing works

Theory of thermal unimolecular reactions at low pressures. II. Strong collision rate constants. Applications

Troe, J. (1977) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.433838 · Cited by 665 · see citing works

Infrared Observations of the Saturnian System from Voyager 1

Hanel, R., Conrath, B. J., Flasar, F. M., Kunde, V. G., Maguire, W., Pearl, J. C., Pirraglia, J. A., Samuelson, R. E., Herath, L. W., Allison, M., et al. (1981) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.212.4491.192 · Cited by 576 · see citing works

Stromatolites 3,400–3,500 Myr old from the North Pole area, Western Australia

Walter, M. R., Buick, R., & Dunlop, J. S. R. (1980) · Nature · doi:10.1038/284443a0 · Cited by 508 · see citing works

Climates Throughout Geologic Time

Frakes, L. A. (1979) · GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) · Cited by 438 · see citing works

Temperature limitation of methanogenesis in aquatic sediments

Zeikus, J. G., & Winfrey, M. R. (1976) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.31.1.99-107.1976 · Cited by 383 · see citing works

Climates throughout geologic time

Chandler, T. J. (1980) · Sedimentary Geology · doi:10.1016/0037-0738(80)90020-2 · Cited by 373 · see citing works

Plankton primary production of the world ocean.

Koblentz-Mishke (1970) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 353 · see citing works

The Escape of Light Gases from Planetary Atmospheres

Hunten, D. M. (1973) · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1973)030 · Cited by 352 · see citing works

Biological Formation of Molecular Hydrogen

Gray, C. T., & Gest, H. (1965) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.148.3667.186 · Cited by 312 · see citing works

Basement and Sedimentary Recycling and Continental Evolution

Veizer, J., & Jansen, S. L. (1979) · The Journal of Geology · doi:10.1086/628425 · Cited by 312 · see citing works

Enhanced CO2 greenhouse to compensate for reduced solar luminosity on early Earth

Owen, T., CESS, R. D., & Ramanathan, V. (1979) · Nature · doi:10.1038/277640a0 · Cited by 305 · see citing works

Microbial Formation of Methane

WOLFE, R. S. (1971) · Advances in microbial physiology/Advances in Microbial Physiology · doi:10.1016/s0065-2911(08)60068-5 · Cited by 290 · see citing works

Photochemical Production of Formaldehyde in Earth's Primitive Atmosphere

Pinto, J. P., Gladstone, G. R., & Yung, Y. L. (1980) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.210.4466.183 · Cited by 279 · see citing works

Implications of Solar Evolution for the Earth's Early Atmosphere

Newman, M. J., & Rood, R. T. (1977) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.198.4321.1035 · Cited by 278 · see citing works

Methane and hydrogen in East Pacific Rise hydrothermal fluids

Welhan, J. A., & Craig, H. (1979) · Geophysical Research Letters · doi:10.1029/gl006i011p00829 · Cited by 268 · see citing works

Methane Efflux from Lake Sediments Through Water Lilies

Dacey, J. W. H., & Klug, M. J. (1979) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.203.4386.1253 · Cited by 258 · see citing works

Sources and sinks of atmospheric methane

Ehhalt, D. H., & Schmidt, U. (1978) · Pure and Applied Geophysics · doi:10.1007/bf01636899 · Cited by 254 · see citing works

Hydrogen as an intermediate in the rumen fermentation

Hungate, R. E. (1967) · Archives of Microbiology · doi:10.1007/bf00406327 · Cited by 224 · see citing works

Origin and distribution of the elements

Peckett, A. (1980) · Endeavour · doi:10.1016/0160-9327(80)90019-8 · Cited by 212 · see citing works

Gaseous metabolism in lake sediments and paddy soils and the production of atmospheric methane and hydrogen

Koyama, T. (1963) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/jz068i013p03971 · Cited by 203 · see citing works

Methanogenesis, fires and the regulation of atmospheric oxygen

Watson, A. J., Lovelock, J. E., & Margulis, L. (1978) · Biosystems · doi:10.1016/0303-2647(78)90012-6 · Cited by 202 · see citing works

Flash Photolysis of Ketene and Diazomethane: The Production and Reaction Kinetics of Triplet and Singlet Methylene

Braun, W., Bass, A. M., & Pilling, M. J. (1970) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1672751 · Cited by 200 · see citing works

Ammonia photolysis and the greenhouse effect in the primordial atmosphere of the Earth

Kuhn, W. R., & Atreya, S. K. (1979) · Icarus · doi:10.1016/0019-1035(79)90126-x · Cited by 199 · see citing works

Reaction rate and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry - 1977

Hampson, R. F., & Garvin, D. (1978) · doi:10.6028/nbs.sp.513 · Cited by 195 · see citing works

Absorption and Photoionization Coefficients of Acetylene, Propyne, and 1-Butyne

Nakayama, T., & Watanabe, K. (1964) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1725154 · Cited by 193 · see citing works

Plankton primary production of the World Ocean.

Koblentz-Mishke, O. J. (1970) · Cited by 190 · see citing works

Limits on oxygen concentration in the prebiological atmosphere and the rate of abiotic fixation of nitrogen

Kasting, J. F., & Walker, J. C. G. (1981) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/jc086ic02p01147 · Cited by 169 · see citing works

The mechanism of photochemical smog formation

Demerjian, K. L., Kerr, J. A., & Calvert, J. G. (1974) · Cited by 169 · see citing works

The evolution of atmospheric ozone

Kasting, J. F., & Donahue, T. M. (1980) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans · doi:10.1029/jc085ic06p03255 · Cited by 165 · see citing works

Huronian rocks and uraniferous conglomerates in the Canadian shield

Roscoe, S. (1969) · doi:10.4095/102290 · Cited by 164 · see citing works

Chemical oceanography

(1982) · Deep Sea Research Part B Oceanographic Literature Review · doi:10.1016/0198-0254(82)94603-9 · Cited by 160 · see citing works

Oxygen levels in the prebiological atmosphere

Kasting, J. F., Liu, S. C., & Donahue, T. M. (1979) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans · doi:10.1029/jc084ic06p03097 · Cited by 153 · see citing works

Fixation of Nitrogen in the Prebiotic Atmosphere

Yung, Y. L., & McElroy, M. B. (1979) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.203.4384.1002 · Cited by 141 · see citing works

Stability of ammonia in the primitive terrestrial atmosphere

Kasting, J. F. (1982) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans · doi:10.1029/jc087ic04p03091 · Cited by 140 · see citing works

Absorption Coefficients of Ethylene in the Vacuum Ultraviolet

Zelikoff, M., & Watanabe, K. (1953) · Journal of the Optical Society of America · doi:10.1364/josa.43.000756 · Cited by 140 · see citing works

Atmospheres of Earth and the Planets

McCormac, B. M. (1975) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-010-1799-2 · Cited by 130 · see citing works

HCO production, vibrational relaxation, chemical kinetics, and spectroscopy following laser photolysis of formaldehyde

Reilly, J. P., Clark, J. H., Moore, C. B., & Pimentel, G. C. (1978) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.436449 · Cited by 127 · see citing works

Photolysis of Formaldehyde as a Hydrogen Atom Source in the Lower Atmosphere

Calvert, J. G., Kerr, J. A., Demerjian, K. L., & McQuigg, R. D. (1972) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.175.4023.751 · Cited by 125 · see citing works

Primordial Oil Slick

Lasaga, A. C., Holland, H. D., & Dwyer, M. J. (1971) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.174.4004.53 · Cited by 120 · see citing works

Methane flux from wetlands areas

Baker‐Blocker, A., DONAHUE, T. M., & Mancy, K. H. (1977) · Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography · doi:10.3402/tellusa.v29i3.11353 · Cited by 117 · see citing works

Methane in Lake Kivu: New Data Bearing on Its Origin

Deuser, W. G., Degens, E. T., Harvey, G. R., & Rubin, M. (1973) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.181.4094.51 · Cited by 116 · see citing works

Hydrogen Loss from the Terrestrial Planets

Hunten, D. M., & DONAHUE, T. M. (1976) · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.04.050176.001405 · Cited by 112 · see citing works

The Aeronomy of Hydrogen in the Atmosphere of the Earth

Liu, S. C., & DONAHUE, T. M. (1974) · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1974)031 · Cited by 108 · see citing works

The association of oxygen atoms and their combination with nitrogen atoms

Campbell, I. M., & Thrush, B. A. (1967) · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspa.1967.0015 · Cited by 104 · see citing works

Anomalous 13C depletion in early Precambrian graphites from Superior Province, Canada

Schoell, M., & Wellmer, F. (1981) · Nature · doi:10.1038/290696a0 · Cited by 102 · see citing works

Absolute rate constant for the reaction of atomic hydrogen with acetylene over an extended pressure and temperature range

Payne, W. A., & Stief, L. J. (1976) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.432304 · Cited by 100 · see citing works

Titan - Aerosol photochemistry and variations related to the sunspot cycle

Allen, M., Yung, Y. L., & Pinto, J. P. (1980) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.1086/183416 · Cited by 99 · see citing works

Flash Photolysis of Methane in the Vacuum Ultraviolet. II. Absolute Rate Constants for Reactions of CH with Methane, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen

Braun, W., McNesby, J. R., & Bass, A. M. (1967) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1841003 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Vacuum Ultraviolet Photochemistry. VII. Photolysis of n-Butane

Okabe, H., & Becker, D. A. (1963) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1734060 · Cited by 86 · see citing works

Photoabsorption cross sections of methane from 1400 to 1850 A

Mount, G. H., Warden, E. S., & Moos, H. W. (1977) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.1086/182440 · Cited by 84 · see citing works

Vertical Transport in Atmospheres

Hunten, D. M. (1975) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-010-1799-2_4 · Cited by 82 · see citing works

Photochemical reactions of water and carbon monoxide in Earth's primitive atmosphere

Bar‐Nun, A., & Chang, S. (1983) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/jc088ic11p06662 · Cited by 79 · see citing works

Ultraviolet spectrum and reaction kinetics of the formyl radical

Hochanadel, C. J., Sworski, T. J., & Ogren, P. J. (1980) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100440a001 · Cited by 76 · see citing works

Photochemistry of acetylene. Bimolecular rate constant for the formation of butadiyne and reactions of ethynyl radicals

Laufer, A. H., & Bass, A. M. (1979) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100466a002 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Photoabsorption cross sections of methane and ethane, 1380-1600 A, at T equals 295 K and T equals 200 K

Mount, G. H., & Moos, H. W. (1978) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.1086/182753 · Cited by 67 · see citing works

Solar photo rate coefficients

Huebner, W. F., & Carpenter, C. (1979) · doi:10.2172/5636999 · Cited by 66 · see citing works

Methane flux from wetlands areas

Baker‐Blocker, A., DONAHUE, T. M., & Mancy, K. H. (1977) · Tellus · doi:10.1111/j.2153-3490.1977.tb00731.x · Cited by 65 · see citing works

Vacuum-Ultraviolet Photolysis of Acetylene

Stief, L. J., DeCarlo, V. J., & Mataloni, R. J. (1965) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1696388 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

Notizen: Reaktionen von pulsradiolytisch erzeugtem CH( 2II) mit Methan und anderen Substanzen

Bosnali, M. W., & Perner, D. (1971) · Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A · doi:10.1515/zna-1971-1030 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

Hydrocarbon photochemistry and Lyman alpha albedo of Jupiter

Yung, Y. L., & Strobel, D. F. (1980) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.1086/158120 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Chemical kinetic and photochemical data for use in stratospheric modelling

DeMore, W. B., Stief, L. J., Kaufman, F., Golden, D. M., Hampton, R. F., Kurylo, M. J., Margitan, J. J., Molina, M. J., & Watson, R. T. (1979) · Unknow · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Rate constants for reactions of methylene with carbon monoxide, oxygen, nitric oxide, and acetylene

Laufer, A. H., & Bass, A. M. (1974) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100607a002 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Evolution of the atmosphere

Walker, J. C. G. (1977) · Cited by 55 · see citing works

Absolute rate of the reaction of atomic hydrogen with ethylene from 198 to 320 K at high pressure

Lee, J. H., Michael, J. V., Payne, W. A., & Stief, L. J. (1978) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.435899 · Cited by 53 · see citing works

Vacuum Ultraviolet Photochemistry. IV. Photolysis of Propane

Okabe, H., & McNesby, J. R. (1962) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1733283 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Kinetics of the reactions of hydrogen atoms with ethylene and vinyl fluoride

Teng, L., & Jones, W. E. (1972) · Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 1 Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases · doi:10.1039/f19726801267 · Cited by 50 · see citing works

Archean photoautotrophy: Some alternatives and limits

Knoll, A. H. (1979) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf00926824 · Cited by 49 · see citing works

Photochemistry of acetylene

Okabe, H. (1983) · Canadian Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1139/v83-153 · Cited by 48 · see citing works

Reaktionen von Wasserstoffatomen mit Hydroperoxylradikalen II. Bestimmung der Geschwindigkeitskonstanten der Bruttoreaktion

Hack, W., Preuss, A. W., Wagner, H. G., & Hoyermann, K. (1979) · Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie · doi:10.1002/bbpc.19790830306 · Cited by 48 · see citing works

Primitive atmosphere and implications for the formation of channels on Mars

Yung, Y. L., & Pinto, J. P. (1978) · Nature · doi:10.1038/273730a0 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

The early history of oxygen and ozone in the atmosphere

Walker, J. C. G. (1978) · Pure and Applied Geophysics · doi:10.1007/bf00876630 · Cited by 45 · see citing works

Gas-Phase Photolysis and Radiolysis of Methane. Formation of Hydrogen and Ethylene

Gorden, R., & Ausloos, P. (1967) · The Journal of Chemical Physics · doi:10.1063/1.1840641 · Cited by 45 · see citing works

Pressure dependence of the rate constant of the reaction atomic hydrogen + methyl radicals .fwdarw. methane

Cheng, J.-T., & Yeh, C. (1977) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100536a004 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Reaktionen von Wasserstoffatomen mit Hydroperoxylradikalen I. Bestimmung der spezifischen Geschwindigkeitskonstanten der Reaktionskanäle

Hack, W., Wagner, H. G., & Hoyermann, K. (1978) · Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie · doi:10.1002/bbpc.19780820710 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Notizen: Fluorescence by the Vacuum-uv Photolysis of Acetylene

Becker, K. H., Haaks, D., & Schürgers, M. (1971) · Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A · doi:10.1515/zna-1971-1031 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Some Problems of Structure and Reactivity in Free Radical and Molecule Reactions in the Gas Phase

Benson, S. W. (1964) · Advances in photochemistry · doi:10.1002/9780470133323.ch1 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles

Hutzinger, O. (1980) · ˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry · doi:10.1007/978-3-662-24940-6 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

A numerical method for calculating the mean intensity in an inhomogeneous rayleigh scattering atmosphere

Yung, Y. L. (1976) · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer · doi:10.1016/0022-4073(76)90003-0 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

A rate constant for CH2(3B1) + CH3

Pilling, M. J., & Robertson, J. A. (1975) · Chemical Physics Letters · doi:10.1016/0009-2614(75)80170-9 · Cited by 36 · see citing works

Mechanism of the high-temperature reactions between acetylene and hydrogen

Benson, S. W., & Haugen, G. R. (1967) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100872a037 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Acetylene-photosensitized reaction of methane at 1470 A

Takita, S., Mori, Y., & Tanaka, I. (1968) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100859a002 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Atmospheric constraints on the evolution of metabolism

Walker, J. C. G. (1980) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf00928660 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Acetylene photolysis at 1236 and 1470 A

Takita, S., Mori, Y., & Tanaka, I. (1969) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100843a025 · Cited by 26 · see citing works

Secular variations in chemical composition of sediments: a review

Veizer, J. (1979) · Physics and Chemistry of the Earth · doi:10.1016/0079-1946(79)90029-6 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Methylene reaction rates. Quantum yields in the diazomethane-propane photolysis system: effects of photolysis time, reactant ratios, and added gases

Bell, J. A. (1971) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100680a027 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

The recombination of methyl radicals in the low pressure limit

van den Bergh, H. E. (1976) · Chemical Physics Letters · doi:10.1016/0009-2614(76)85285-2 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

The Oxygen Cycle

Walker, J. C. G. (1980) · ˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry · doi:10.1007/978-3-662-24940-6_5 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

The evolution of the earth's atmosphere.

Henderson-Sellers, A. (1978) · NewSc · Cited by 12 · see citing works

THE INFLUENCE OF LIFE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE

Walker, J. C. G. (1980) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-024436-5.50014-7 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Mechanism of product formation during the photolysis of ketene

Russell, R. L., & Rowland, F. S. (1979) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/j100479a005 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Untitled work

Wang (1980) · doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1980)037

The Archean atmosphere

Catling, D. C., & Zahnle, K. J. (2020) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax1420 · Cited by 568 · see citing works

Greenhouse warming by CH ₄ in the atmosphere of early Earth

Pavlov, A. A., Kasting, J. F., Brown, L. L., Rages, K. A., & Freedman, R. (2000) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets · doi:10.1029/1999je001134 · Cited by 537 · see citing works

Theoretical constraints on oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in the Precambrian atmosphere

Kasting, J. F. (1987) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/0301-9268(87)90001-5 · Cited by 530 · see citing works

New constraints on Precambrian ocean composition

Grotzinger, J. P., & Kasting, J. F. (1993) · The Journal of Geology · doi:10.1086/648218 · Cited by 424 · see citing works

Climatic consequences of very high carbon dioxide levels in the earth’s early atmosphere

Kasting, J. F., & Ackerman, T. P. (1986) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.11539665 · Cited by 391 · see citing works

A Revised, Hazy Methane Greenhouse for the Archean Earth

Haqq-Misra, J. D., Domagal-Goldman, S. D., Kasting, P. J., & Kasting, J. F. (2008) · Astrobiology · doi:10.1089/ast.2007.0197 · Cited by 357 · see citing works

The faint young Sun problem

Feulner, G. (2012) · Reviews of Geophysics · doi:10.1029/2011rg000375 · Cited by 338 · see citing works

Mantle Redox Evolution and the Oxidation State of the Archean Atmosphere

Kasting, J. F., Eggler, D. H., & Raeburn, S. P. (1993) · The Journal of Geology · doi:10.1086/648219 · Cited by 329 · see citing works

A coupled atmosphere–ecosystem model of the early Archean Earth

KHARECHA, P., KASTING, J., & SIEFERT, J. (2005) · Geobiology · doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2005.00049.x · Cited by 321 · see citing works

Geochemical constraints on the origin of organic compounds in hydrothermal systems

Shock, E. L. (1990) · Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere · doi:10.1007/bf01808115 · Cited by 299 · see citing works

UV shielding of NH3and O2by organic hazes in the Archean atmosphere

Pavlov, A. A., Brown, L. L., & Kasting, J. F. (2001) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2000je001448 · Cited by 279 · see citing works

Bolide impacts and the oxidation state of carbon in the Earth's early atmosphere

Kasting, J. F. (1990) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf01808105 · Cited by 277 · see citing works

Photochemistry of methane and the formation of hydrocyanic acid (HCN) in the Earth's early atmosphere

Zahnle, K. J. (1986) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/jd091id02p02819 · Cited by 276 · see citing works

Carbon dioxide on the early earth

Walker, J. C. G. (1985) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf01809466 · Cited by 272 · see citing works

Effects of high CO2 levels on surface temperature and atmospheric oxidation state of the early Earth

Kasting, J. F., Pollack, J. B., & Crisp, D. (1984) · Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry · doi:10.1007/bf00053803 · Cited by 232 · see citing works

Were the Ediacaran fossils lichens?

Retallack, G. J. (1994) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300012975 · Cited by 231 · see citing works

The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth: The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere

Smith, E., & Morowitz, H. J. (2016) · doi:10.1017/cbo9781316348772 · Cited by 215 · see citing works

Organic haze, glaciations and multiple sulfur isotopes in the Mid-Archean Era

Domagal-Goldman, S. D., Kasting, J. F., Johnston, D. T., & Farquhar, J. (2008) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.040 · Cited by 204 · see citing works

Using Biogenic Sulfur Gases as Remotely Detectable Biosignatures on Anoxic Planets

Domagal-Goldman, S. D., Meadows, V. S., Claire, M. W., & Kasting, J. F. (2011) · Astrobiology · doi:10.1089/ast.2010.0509 · Cited by 191 · see citing works

Methane and climate during the Precambrian era

KASTING, J. (2005) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2005.03.002 · Cited by 190 · see citing works

Mesoproterozoic carbon dioxide levels inferred from calcified cyanobacteria

Kah, L. C., & Riding, R. (2007) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g23680a.1 · Cited by 160 · see citing works

Photochemical instability of the ancient Martian atmosphere

Zahnle, K. J., Haberle, R. M., Catling, D. C., & Kasting, J. F. (2008) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2008je003160 · Cited by 154 · see citing works

Palaeoclimates: The first two billion years

Kasting, J. F., & Ono, S. (2006) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1839 · Cited by 144 · see citing works

Outgassing of ordinary chondritic material and some of its implications for the chemistry of asteroids, planets, and satellites

Schaefer, L., & Fegley, B. (2006) · Icarus · doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.09.002 · Cited by 143 · see citing works

Was the Archaean biosphere upside down?

Walker, J. C. G. (1987) · Nature · doi:10.1038/329710a0 · Cited by 137 · see citing works

Protocells: Milestones and Recent Advances

Gözen, İ., Köksal, E. S., Põldsalu, I., Xue, L., Spustová, K., Pedrueza‐Villalmanzo, E., Ryskulov, R., Meng, F., & Jesorka, A. (2022) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202106624 · Cited by 135 · see citing works

Phosphorylation on the Early Earth

Pasek, M. A., Gull, M., & Herschy, B. (2017) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.008 · Cited by 129 · see citing works

Phosphine as a Biosignature Gas in Exoplanet Atmospheres

Sousa‐Silva, C., Seager, S., Ranjan, S., Petkowski, J. J., Zhan, Z., Hu, R., & Bains, W. (2019) · Astrobiology · doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1954 · Cited by 127 · see citing works

Geologic evidence for Archean atmospheric and climatic evolution: Fluctuating levels of CO2, CH4, and O2 with an overriding tectonic control

Lowe, D. R., & Tice, M. M. (2004) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g20342.1 · Cited by 121 · see citing works

Synthetic Spectra of Simulated Terrestrial Atmospheres Containing Possible Biomarker Gases

Schindler, T. (2000) · Icarus · doi:10.1006/icar.2000.6340 · Cited by 117 · see citing works

Hydrogen-based carbon fixation in the earliest known photosynthetic organisms

Tice, M. M., & Lowe, D. R. (2005) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g22012.1 · Cited by 114 · see citing works

Estimates of atmospheric CO2 in the Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic from paleosols

Kanzaki, Y., & Murakami, T. (2015) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.011 · Cited by 106 · see citing works

Earth's atmosphere – Hadean to early Proterozoic

Shaw, G. H. (2008) · Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2008.05.001 · Cited by 83 · see citing works

Amino acid cosmogeochemistry

Bada, J. L. (1991) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.1991.0084 · Cited by 106 · see citing works

Early evolution of atmospheric oxygen from multiple-sulfur and carbon isotope records of the 2.9 Ga Mozaan Group of the Pongola Supergroup, Southern Africa

Ono, S. (2006) · South African Journal of Geology · doi:10.2113/gssajg.109.1-2.97 · Cited by 104 · see citing works

The Geologic History of the Carbon Cycle

Sundquist, E. T., & Visser, K. (2003) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b0-08-043751-6/08133-0 · Cited by 101 · see citing works

A Coupled Ecosystem-Climate Model for Predicting the Methane Concentration in the Archean Atmosphere

Kasting, J. F., Pavlov, A. A., & Siefert, J. L. (2001) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1023/a:1010600401718 · Cited by 100 · see citing works

Warming Early Earth and Mars

Kasting, J. F. (1997) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.276.5316.1213 · Cited by 100 · see citing works

A PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL FOR THE CARBON-RICH PLANET WASP-12b

Kopparapu, R. K., Kasting, J. F., & Zahnle, K. J. (2011) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.1088/0004-637x/745/1/77 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

The chemical composition of the early terrestrial atmosphere: Formation of a reducing atmosphere from CI‐like material

Hashimoto, G. L., Abe, Y., & Sugita, S. (2007) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2006je002844 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Do the trace element compositions of detrital zircons require Hadean continental crust?

Coogan, L. A., & Hinton, R. W. (2006) · Geology · doi:10.1130/g22737.1 · Cited by 97 · see citing works

Photochemistry of Anoxic Abiotic Habitable Planet Atmospheres: Impact of New H 2 O Cross Sections

Ranjan, S., Schwieterman, E. W., Harman, C. E., Fateev, A., Sousa‐Silva, C., Seager, S., & Hu, R. (2020) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab9363 · Cited by 88 · see citing works

Geochemical constraints on chemolithoautotrophic reactions in hydrothermal systems

Shock, E. L., McCollom, T. M., & Schulte, M. D. (1995) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf01581579 · Cited by 85 · see citing works

Aerobic respiration in the Archaean?

Towe, K. M. (1990) · Nature · doi:10.1038/348054a0 · Cited by 81 · see citing works

Reaction of Amino Acids in a Supercritical Water-Flow Reactor Simulating Submarine Hydrothermal Systems

Islam, M. N., Kaneko, T., & Kobayashi, K. (2003) · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · doi:10.1246/bcsj.76.1171 · Cited by 78 · see citing works

Optical properties of Titan and early Earth haze laboratory analogs in the mid-visible

Hasenkopf, C. A., Beaver, M. R., Trainer, M. G., DeWitt, H. L., Freedman, M. A., Toon, O. B., McKay, C. P., & Tolbert, M. A. (2009) · Icarus · doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.015 · Cited by 77 · see citing works

Long-term stability of the earth's climate

Kasting, J. F. (1989) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/0031-0182(89)90185-5 · Cited by 77 · see citing works

Fundamental molecules of life are pigments which arose and co-evolved as a response to the thermodynamic imperative of dissipating the prevailing solar spectrum

Michaelian, K., & Simeonov, A. (2015) · Biogeosciences · doi:10.5194/bg-12-4913-2015 · Cited by 71 · see citing works

Testing the early Mars H2–CO2 greenhouse hypothesis with a 1-D photochemical model

Batalha, N. E., Domagal-Goldman, S. D., Ramirez, R. M., & Kasting, J. F. (2015) · Icarus · doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.06.016 · Cited by 69 · see citing works

CHEMICAL EVOLUTION ON TITAN: COMPARISONS TO THE PREBIOTIC EARTH

Clarke, D. W., & Ferris, J. P. (1997) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1023/a:1006582416293 · Cited by 66 · see citing works

Tectonic controls on atmospheric, climatic, and biological evolution 3.5–2.4Ga

Lowe, D. R., & Tice, M. M. (2007) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.008 · Cited by 62 · see citing works

The inception of the oceans and CO2-atmosphere in the early history of the Earth

Liu, L.-G. (2004) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.006 · Cited by 60 · see citing works

Water and an Escaping Helium Tail Detected in the Hazy and Methane-depleted Atmosphere of HAT-P-18b from JWST NIRISS/SOSS

Fu, G., Espinoza, N., Sing, D. K., Lothringer, J. D., Santos, L. A. D., Rustamkulov, Z., Deming, D., Kempton, E. M.-R., Komacek, T. D., Knutson, H. A., et al. (2022) · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac9977 · Cited by 58 · see citing works

Thermodynamics of strecker synthesis in hydrothermal systems

Schulte, M. D., & Shock, E. L. (1995) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf01581580 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Chemical Evolution on Titan: Comparisons to the Prebiotic Earth

Clarke, D. W., & Ferris, J. P. (1997) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-015-8907-9_12 · Cited by 55 · see citing works

Coupled noble gas–hydrocarbon evolution of the early Earth atmosphere upon solar UV irradiation

Hébrard, E., & Marty, B. (2014) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.022 · Cited by 54 · see citing works

Box models for the evolution of atmospheric oxygen: an update

Kasting, J. F. (1991) · Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/0031-0182(91)90188-w · Cited by 53 · see citing works

Atmospheric hydrogen peroxide and Eoarchean iron formations

Pecoits, E., Smith, M. L., Catling, D. C., Philippot, P., Kappler, A., & Konhauser, K. O. (2015) · Geobiology · doi:10.1111/gbi.12116 · Cited by 52 · see citing works

Archean geochemistry of formaldehyde and cyanide and the oligomerization of cyanohydrin

Arrhenius, T., Arrhenius, G., & Paplawsky, W. (1994) · Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere · doi:10.1007/bf01582036 · Cited by 52 · see citing works

Hierarchical Earth accretion and the Hadean Eon

Kramers, J. D. (2006) · Journal of the Geological Society · doi:10.1144/0016-76492006-028 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Magma Ocean, Water, and the Early Atmosphere of Venus

Salvador, A., Avice, G., Breuer, D., Gillmann, C., Lammer, H., Marcq, E., Raymond, S. N., Sakuraba, H., Scherf, M., & Way, M. J. (2023) · Space Science Reviews · doi:10.1007/s11214-023-00995-7 · Cited by 47 · see citing works

Earth's earliest global glaciation? Carbonate geochemistry and geochronology of the Polisarka Sedimentary Formation, Kola Peninsula, Russia

Brasier, M., Martin, A. P., Melezhik, V. A., Prave, A. R., Condon, D. J., & Fallick, A. E. (2013) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2013.06.007 · Cited by 48 · see citing works

Fate of SO₂ in the ancient Martian atmosphere: Implications for transient greenhouse warming

Johnson, S. S., Pavlov, A. A., & Mischna, M. A. (2009) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets · doi:10.1029/2008je003313 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Acetylene as Fast Food: Implications for Development of Life on Anoxic Primordial Earth and in the Outer Solar System

Oremland, R. S., & Voytek, M. A. (2008) · Astrobiology · doi:10.1089/ast.2007.0183 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Degassing history and carbon cycle of the Earth: From an impact-induced steam atmosphere to the present atmosphere

Tajika, E., & Matsui, T. (1993) · Lithos · doi:10.1016/0024-4937(93)90040-j · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Phosphine as a Biosignature Gas in Exoplanet Atmospheres

Sousa‐Silva, C., Seager, S., Ranjan, S., Petkowski, J. J., Zhan, Z., Hu, R., & Bains, W. (2019) · DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · Cited by 41 · see citing works

The Geologic History of the Carbon Cycle

Sundquist, E. T., & Ackerman, K. V. (2013) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-095975-7.00809-3 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Possible Impact of a Primordial Oil Slick on Atmospheric and Chemical Evolution

Nilson, F. P. R. (2002) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1023/a:1016577923630 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Towards a Synthesis

Eriksson, P. G., Altermann, W., Nelson, D. R., Mueller, W. U., & Catuneanu, O. (2004) · Developments in precambrian geology · doi:10.1016/s0166-2635(04)80011-2 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Methane production by large iron meteorite impacts on early Earth

Sekine, Y., Sugita, S., Kadono, T., & Matsui, T. (2003) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2002je002034 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

The Global Oxygen Cycle

Petsch, S. T. (2003) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b0-08-043751-6/08159-7 · Cited by 38 · see citing works

The origin and earliest state of the Earth's hydrosphere

Cogley, J. G., & Henderson-Sellers, A. (1984) · Reviews of Geophysics · doi:10.1029/rg022i002p00131 · Cited by 38 · see citing works

Precambrian evolution of the climate system

Walker, J. C. G. (1990) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(12)80005-8 · Cited by 38 · see citing works

When is Chemical Disequilibrium in Earth-like Planetary Atmospheres a Biosignature versus an Anti-biosignature? Disequilibria from Dead to Living Worlds

Wogan, N. F., & Catling, D. C. (2020) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab7b81 · Cited by 36 · see citing works

Assessment of Isoprene as a Possible Biosignature Gas in Exoplanets with Anoxic Atmospheres

Zhan, Z., Seager, S., Petkowski, J. J., Sousa‐Silva, C., Ranjan, S., Huang, J., & Bains, W. (2021) · Astrobiology · doi:10.1089/ast.2019.2146 · Cited by 35 · see citing works

Acetylene hydratase: a non-redox enzyme with tungsten and iron–sulfur centers at the active site

Kroneck, P. M. H. (2016) · JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s00775-015-1330-y · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Precambrian evolution of the climate system

Walker, J. C. G. (1990) · Global and Planetary Change · doi:10.1016/0921-8181(90)90005-w · Cited by 33 · see citing works

Acetylene as a substrate in the development of primordial bacterial communities

Culbertson, C. W., Strohmaier, F. E., & Oremland, R. S. (1988) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf01808218 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

Formation of ammonia through serpentinization in the Hadean Eon

Shang, X., Huang, R., & Sun, W. (2023) · 中国科学通报：英文版 · doi:10.1016/j.scib.2023.04.038 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Oceanic and atmospheric methane cycling in the cGENIE Earth system model – release v0.9.14

Reinhard, C. T., Olson, S. L., Turner, S. K., Pälike, C., Kanzaki, Y., & Ridgwell, A. J. (2020) · Geoscientific model development · doi:10.5194/gmd-13-5687-2020 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

The role of cometary particle Coalescence in chemical evolution

Oberbeck, V. R., McKay, C. P., Scattergood, T. W., Carle, G. C., & Valentin, J. R. (1989) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf01808286 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Box models for the evolution of atmospheric oxygen: an update

Kasting, J. F. (1991) · Global and Planetary Change · doi:10.1016/0921-8181(91)90133-h · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Radiative forcings for 28 potential Archean greenhouse gases

Byrne, B., & Goldblatt, C. (2014) · Climate of the past · doi:10.5194/cp-10-1779-2014 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Carbon cycle evolution before and after the Great Oxidation of the atmosphere

Canfield, D. E. (2021) · American Journal of Science · doi:10.2475/03.2021.01 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

A possible energetic role of mineral surfaces in chemical evolution

Coyne, L. M. (1985) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1007/bf01808364 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

A Biogeochemical and Genetic Survey of Acetylene Fermentation by Environmental Samples and Bacterial Isolates

Miller, L. G., Baesman, S. M., Kirshtein, J. D., Voytek, M. A., & Oremland, R. S. (2012) · Geomicrobiology Journal · doi:10.1080/01490451.2012.732662 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

Did Surface Temperatures Constrain Microbial Evolution?

SCHWARTZMAN, D. W., McMenamin, M. A. S., & Volk, T. (1993) · BioScience · doi:10.2307/1312047 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

Methane in the Precambrian atmosphere

Laakso, T. A., & Schrag, D. P. (2019) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.06.022 · Cited by 26 · see citing works

Aerobic carbon cycling and cerium oxidation: significance for Archean oxygen levels and banded iron-formation deposition

Towe, K. M. (1991) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/0031-0182(91)90187-v · Cited by 26 · see citing works

Early Earth's climate: Cloud feedback from reduced land fraction and ozone concentrations

Jenkins, G. S. (1995) · Geophysical Research Letters · doi:10.1029/95gl00818 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Abiogenesis and photostimulated heterogeneous reactions in the interstellar medium and on primitive earth

Emeline, A. V., Otroshchenko, V. A., Ryabchuk, V. K., & Serpone, N. (2002) · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/s1389-5567(02)00039-4 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Early Evolution of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Kasting, J. F. (1993) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1936-8_5 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Aerobic carbon cycling and cerium oxidation: significance for Archean oxygen levels and banded iron-formation deposition

Towe, K. M. (1991) · Global and Planetary Change · doi:10.1016/0921-8181(91)90132-g · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Validity of geochemical signatures of abiotic hydrocarbon gases on Earth

Xia, X., & Gao, Y. (2021) · Journal of the Geological Society · doi:10.1144/jgs2021-077 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Chemistry of Earth's Earliest Atmosphere

Fegley, B., & Schaefer, L. (2013) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-095975-7.01303-6 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Diminished greenhouse warming from Archean methane due to solar absorption lines

Byrne, B., & Goldblatt, C. (2015) · Climate of the past · doi:10.5194/cp-11-559-2015 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

High‐obliquity simulations for the Archean Earth: Implications for climatic conditions on early Mars

Jenkins, G. S. (2001) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2000je001427 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Photochemical formation rates of organic aerosols through time‐resolved in situ laboratory measurements

Ádámkovics, M., & Boering, K. A. (2003) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/2002je002028 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Long-term stability of the earth's climate

Kasting, J. F. (1989) · Global and Planetary Change · doi:10.1016/0921-8181(89)90017-9 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Evidence for the transition to an oxygen-rich atmosphere in the Rooiberg Group, South Africa — A note

Twist, D., & Cheney, E. S. (1986) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/0301-9268(86)90045-8 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Photochemistry of methane and the formation of hydrocyanic acid (HCN) in the Earth's early atmosphere

Zahnle, K. J. (1986) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres · doi:10.1029/jd091id02p02819 · Cited by 276 · see citing works

Methane and climate during the Precambrian Era

Kasting, J. F. (2009) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement

Greenhouse warming by CH ₄ in the atmosphere of early Earth

Pavlov, A. A., Kasting, J. F., Brown, L. L., Rages, K. A., & Freedman, R. (2000) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets · doi:10.1029/1999je001134 · Cited by 537 · see citing works

A Coupled Ecosystem-Climate Model for Predicting the Methane Concentration in the Archean Atmosphere

Kasting, J. F., Pavlov, A. A., & Siefert, J. L. (2001) · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · doi:10.1023/a:1010600401718 · Cited by 100 · see citing works

Methane in the Early Atmosphere of the Earth

Kasting, J. F. (1998) · Mineralogical Magazine · doi:10.1180/minmag.1998.62a.2.63 · Cited by 3 · see citing works