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Methane and climate during the Precambrian era

KASTING, J·2005·Precambrian Research

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Authors: KASTING, J.
Affiliations: Pennsylvania State University (US)
Corresponding author: KASTING, J
ORCID: KASTING, J
Venue: Precambrian Research
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2005-06-30
Volume: 137
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 119-129
ISSN: 0301-9268 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.03.002
OpenAlex: W2007558707
Cited by: 190
References: 65
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 10.64
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Precambrian Research (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
Keywords: methane, greenhouse gases, Great Oxidation, atmospheric oxygen rise, methane photolysis, organic haze, carbon dioxide, methanogenesis, fermentation, Proterozoic

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