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In the Archean, with greater seafloor production than today, seafloor weathering could have been comparable to continental weathering.
“In the Archean, with greater seafloor production than today, seafloor weathering could have been comparable to continental weathering (34, 35, 182), and negative feedback (Eq. 2) likely maintained average Archean surface temperatures between 0° and 40°C with seawater pH 6.4 to 7.4 (34).”
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- Authors
- Charnay, B., Le Hir, G., Fluteau, F., Forget, F., & Catling, D. C.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Institut de physique du globe de Paris (FR)
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Charnay, Benjamin
- Venue
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-09
- Volume
- 474
- Pages
- 97-109
- ISSN
- 0012-821X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2651285197
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 6.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- NASA (NNA13AA93A, NNX15AL23G)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
- Keywords
- early Earth climate, faint young Sun, Archean, Hadean, partial pressure of CO2, carbon cycle, seafloor weathering, Late Heavy Bombardment, Snowball Earth, glaciation, cloud feedback
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