Geologic and Geochemical Constraints on Earth's Early Atmosphere

Evaluating the role of microbial sulfate reduction in the early Archean using quadruple isotope systematics

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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

Molybdenum isotope signatures in continental margin marine sediments

Siebert, C., McManus, J., Bice, A., Poulson, R. L., & Berelson, W. M. (2006) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.010 · Cited by 201

Biogeochemical modelling of the rise in atmospheric oxygen

CLAIRE, M. W., CATLING, D. C., & ZAHNLE, K. J. (2006) · Geobiology · doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00084.x · Cited by 200

Molybdenum behavior during early diagenesis: Insights from Mo isotopes

Poulson, R. L., McManus, J., Severmann, S., & Berelson, W. M. (2009) · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · doi:10.1029/2008gc002180 · Cited by 199

Rare-earth patterns with positive cerium anomaly in alkaline waters from Lake Van, Turkey

Möller, P., & Bau, M. (1993) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/0012-821x(93)90110-u · Cited by 199

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

Isotopic fractionation and reaction kinetics between Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in aqueous media

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An iron shuttle for deepwater silica in Late Archean and early Paleoproterozoic iron formation

Fischer, W. W., & Knoll, A. H. (2006) · Geological Society of America Bulletin · doi:10.1130/b26328.1 · Cited by 196

Theoretical estimates of equilibrium chromium-isotope fractionations

Schauble, E. A., Rossman, G. R., & Taylor, H. P. (2004) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.12.015 · Cited by 196

Iron-oxidizing microbial ecosystems thrived in late Paleoproterozoic redox-stratified oceans

Planavsky, N., Rouxel, O., Bekker, A., Shapiro, R., Fralick, P., & Knudsen, A. (2009) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.033 · Cited by 195

Dominant eukaryotic export production during ocean anoxic events reflects the importance of recycled NH 4 +

Higgins, M. B., Robinson, R. S., Husson, J. M., Carter, S. J., & Pearson, A. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1104313109 · Cited by 193

Iron and sulfur in the pre-biologic ocean

Walker, J. C. G., & Brimblecombe, P. (1985) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/0301-9268(85)90031-2 · Cited by 191

The Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen

Kasting, J. F. (2001) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1063811 · Cited by 190

Earth'S Oldest Reported Glaciation: Physical and Chemical Evidence From the Archean Mozaan Group (∼2.9 Ga) of South Africa

Young, G. M., Brunn, V. V., Gold, D. J. C., & Minter, W. E. L. (1998) · The Journal of Geology · doi:10.1086/516039 · Cited by 189

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

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15N/14N variations in Cretaceous Atlantic sedimentary sequences: implication for past changes in marine nitrogen biogeochemistry

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Nitrogen cycling during the Cretaceous, Cenomanian‐Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event II

Junium, C. K., & Arthur, M. A. (2007) · Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems · doi:10.1029/2006gc001328 · Cited by 187

Atmospheric Sulfur in Archean Komatiite-Hosted Nickel Deposits

Bekker, A., Barley, M., Fiorentini, M. L., Rouxel, O. J., Rumble, D., III, & Beresford, S. W. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1177742 · Cited by 187

Oxygen and hydrogen isotope evidence for a temperate climate 3.42 billion years ago

Hren, M. T., Tice, M. M., & Chamberlain, C. P. (2009) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature08518 · Cited by 186

Molecular Evolution of Nitrogen Fixation: The Evolutionary History of the nifD, nifK, nifE, and nifN Genes

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The proterozoic biosphere. A multidisciplinary study

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Evaporation of Seawater: Calculated Mineral Sequences

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Atmospheric composition and climate on the early Earth

Kasting, J. F., & Howard, M. T. (2006) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1902 · Cited by 181

The Francevillian (Lower Proterozoic) uranium ore deposits of Gabon

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Biogeochemical cycling of iron in the Archean–Paleoproterozoic Earth: Constraints from iron isotope variations in sedimentary rocks from the Kaapvaal and Pilbara Cratons

Yamaguchi, K. E., Johnson, C. M., Beard, B. L., & Ohmoto, H. (2005) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.01.020 · Cited by 179

Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotopic Compositions in Stratospheric Volcanic Eruptions

Baroni, M., Thiemens, M. H., Delmas, R. J., & Savarino, J. (2007) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1131754 · Cited by 178

Reduction of hexavalent chromium by ferrous iron: A process of chromium isotope fractionation and its relevance to natural environments

Døssing, L. N., Dideriksen, K., Stipp, S. L. S., & Frei, R. (2011) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.04.005 · Cited by 178

Lithium in Jack Hills zircons: Evidence for extensive weathering of Earth's earliest crust

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Carbon isotope record for the onset of the Lomagundi carbon isotope excursion in the Great Lakes area, North America

Bekker, A., Karhu, J. A., & Kaufman, A. J. (2006) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2006.03.008 · Cited by 176

The behavior of molybdenum and its isotopes across the chemocline and in the sediments of sulfidic Lake Cadagno, Switzerland

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Abiotic Pyrite Formation Produces a Large Fe Isotope Fractionation

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About this title - Global Neoproterozoic Petroleum Systems: The Emerging Potential in North Africa

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THE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF MARINE EVAPORITES: A CASE FOR SHALLOW, CLASTIC ACCUMULATION

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

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Carbon isotopes and petrography of kerogens in ∼3.5-Ga hydrothermal silica dikes in the North Pole area, Western Australia

Ueno, Y., Yoshioka, H., Maruyama, S., & Isozaki, Y. (2004) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(03)00462-9 · Cited by 170

Origin and evolution of planetary and satellite atmospheres

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Alternating Si and Fe deposition caused by temperature fluctuations in Precambrian oceans

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Extreme 15N‐enrichments in 2.72‐Gyr‐old sediments: evidence for a turning point in the nitrogen cycle

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The photochemistry of manganese and the origin of banded iron formations

Anbar, A. D., & Holland, H. D. (1992) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/0016-7037(92)90346-k · Cited by 162

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 · doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.007 · Cited by 162

A late methanogen origin for molybdenum-dependent nitrogenase

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Ammonium concentration and nitrogen isotope composition in metasedimentary rocks from different tectonometamorphic units of the European Variscan Belt

Mingram, B., & Bräuer, K. (2001) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(00)00517-2 · Cited by 160

Fe isotope and trace element geochemistry of the Neoproterozoic syn-glacial Rapitan iron formation

Halverson, G. P., Poitrasson, F., Hoffman, P. F., Nédélec, A., Montel, J.-M., & Kirby, J. K. (2011) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.021 · Cited by 159

Anomalous Fractionations of Sulfur Isotopes During Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction

Watanabe, Y., Farquhar, J. D., & Ohmoto, H. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1169289 · Cited by 159

Chemostratigraphy of Paleoproterozoic carbonate successions of the Wyoming Craton: tectonic forcing of biogeochemical change?

Bekker, A. (2003) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/s0301-9268(02)00164-x · Cited by 159

PGE, Re-Os, and Mo isotope systematics in Archean and early Proterozoic sedimentary systems as proxies for redox conditions of the early Earth

Siebert, C., Kramers, J. D., Meisel, T., Morel, P., & Nägler, T. F. (2005) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.gca.2004.10.006 · Cited by 158

Coprecipitation of chromate with calcite: Batch experiments and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Tang, Y., Elzinga, E. J., Lee, Y. J., & Reeder, R. J. (2006) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.12.010 · Cited by 156

Multiple sulfur isotopes from Paleoproterozoic Huronian interglacial sediments and the rise of atmospheric oxygen

Papineau, D., Mojzsis, S. J., & Schmitt, A. K. (2007) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.015 · Cited by 154

Weathering and sediment generation in the Archean: An integrated study of the evolution of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks of the 3.2Ga Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Hessler, A. M., & Lowe, D. R. (2006) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2006.08.008 · Cited by 153

The δ18O record of phanerozoic abiotic marine calcite cements

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The oxygen isotope chemistry of ancient cherts

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A lower limit for atmospheric carbon dioxide levels 3.2 billion years ago

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Rare earth elements in the NW Indian Ocean

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Geological sulfur isotopes indicate elevated OCS in the Archean atmosphere, solving faint young sun paradox

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Mississippi Valley-type and sedex lead-zinc deposits : A comparative examination

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Chromium isotopes in carbonates — A tracer for climate change and for reconstructing the redox state of ancient seawater

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Explaining the Structure of the Archean Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotope Record

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Evolution of Early Earth's Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Biosphere - Constraints from Ore Deposits

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Stability of ammonia in the primitive terrestrial atmosphere

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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

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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

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Global methanotrophy at the Archean-Proterozoic transition

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Palaeoproterozoic ice houses and the evolution of oxygen-mediating enzymes: the case for a late origin of photosystem II

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The molecular mechanism of Mo isotope fractionation during adsorption to birnessite

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Carbonatization of oceanic crust by the seafloor hydrothermal activity and its significance as a CO2 sink in the Early Archean

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Plate tectonics, flood basalts and the evolution of Earth’s oceans

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The Late Archaean bonanza: metallogenic and environmental consequences of the interaction between mantle plumes, lithospheric tectonics and global cyclicity

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An Indicator of Water-Column Anoxia: Resolution of Biofacies Variations in the Kimmeridge Clay (Upper Jurassic, U.K.)

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Multiple sulphur and iron isotope composition of detrital pyrite in Archaean sedimentary rocks: A new tool for provenance analysis

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Rapid, oxygen-dependent microbial Mn(II) oxidation kinetics at sub-micromolar oxygen concentrations in the Black Sea suboxic zone

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Nitrogen-15: Microbiological Alteration of Abundance

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Metals in black shales; a reassessment

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Nitrogen and argon signatures in 3.8 to 2.8 Ga metasediments: clues on the chemical state of the archean ocean and the deep biosphere

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Micro‐scale sulphur isotope evidence for sulphur cycling in the late Archean shallow ocean

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Biological activity and the Earth's surface evolution: Insights from carbon, sulfur, nitrogen and iron stable isotopes in the rock record

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Trace element and isotopic characterization of Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic iron formations in the Black Hills (South Dakota, USA): Assessment of chemical change during 2.9–1.9 Ga deposition bracketing the 2.4–2.2 Ga first rise of atmospheric oxygen

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Changes in ocean denitrification during Late Carboniferous glacial–interglacial cycles

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Giant iron-ore deposits of the Hamersley province related to the breakup of Paleoproterozoic Australia: New insights from in situ SHRIMP dating of baddeleyite from mafic intrusions

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A Major Archean, Gold- and Crust-Forming Event in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

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