Precambrian paleosols and atmospheric CO2 levels

Sheldon, Nathan D.

doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2006.02.004

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Precambrian paleosols and atmospheric CO2 levels

Sheldon, Nathan D.·2006·Precambrian Research

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Mass-balance calculations give 10 to 50 PAL of CO2 at 2.7 Ga ago and 23÷3×3 PAL of CO2 at 2.2 Ga ago.
“Mass-balance calculations give 10 to 50 PAL of CO2 at 2.7 Ga ago and 23÷3×3 PAL of CO2 at 2.2 Ga ago (42, 168).”
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These analyses assume that all the CO2 that entered the soils caused dissolution.
“However, these analyses assume that all the CO2 that entered the soils caused dissolution, so pCO2 could have been higher if only a fraction of CO2 had been used.”
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Geochemical measurements from the late Archean suggest that pCO2 was likely significantly higher than in the modern atmosphere, though significant uncertainty exists and no measurements for the early Archean or Hadean are available.
“Geochemical measurements extend back to the late Archean and suggest that the CO 2 partial pressure (pCO 2 ) was likely significantly higher than in the modern atmosphere (Rye et al. 1995; Hessler et al. 2004; Sheldon 2006; Driese et al. 2011; Kanzaki and Murakami 2015) though significant uncertainty exists and no measurements for the early Archean or the Hadean are available”
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Authors: Sheldon, N. D.
Affiliations: Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
Corresponding author: Sheldon, Nathan D.
ORCID: Sheldon, Nathan D.
Venue: Precambrian Research
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2006-06
Volume: 147
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 148-155
ISSN: 0301-9268 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.02.004
OpenAlex: W2154982349
Cited by: 296
References: 45
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FWCI: 5.05
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Precambrian Research (publishedVersion)
Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
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 › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Keywords: atmospheric CO2, thermodynamic modeling, faint young Sun paradox

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