Late Archean Biospheric Oxygenation and Atmospheric Evolution

Atmospheric Influence of Earth's Earliest Sulfur Cycle

Farquhar, J., Bao, H., & Thiemens, M. (2000) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.289.5480.756 · Cited by 1,805

Dating the rise of atmospheric oxygen

Bekker, A., Holland, H. D., Wang, P.-L., Rumble, D., Stein, H. J., Hannah, J. L., Coetzee, L. L., & Beukes, N. J. (2004) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature02260 · Cited by 1,435

Archean Molecular Fossils and the Early Rise of Eukaryotes

Brocks, J. J., Logan, G. A., Buick, R., & Summons, R. E. (1999) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.285.5430.1033 · Cited by 1,275

A Whiff of Oxygen Before the Great Oxidation Event?

Anbar, A. D., Duan, Y., Lyons, T. W., Arnold, G. L., Kendall, B., Creaser, R. A., Kaufman, A. J., Gordon, G. W., Scott, C., Garvin, J., et al. (2007) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1140325 · Cited by 1,024

2-Methylhopanoids as biomarkers for cyanobacterial oxygenic photosynthesis

Summons, R. E., Jahnke, L. L., Hope, J. M., & Logan, G. A. (1999) · Nature · doi:10.1038/23005 · Cited by 975

Mass-Independent Fractionation of Sulfur Isotopes in Archean Sediments: Strong Evidence for an Anoxic Archean Atmosphere

Pavlov, A. A., & Kasting, J. F. (2002) · Astrobiology · doi:10.1089/153110702753621321 · Cited by 912

Calibration of Sulfate Levels in the Archean Ocean

Habicht, K. S., Gade, M., Thamdrup, B., Berg, P., & Canfield, D. E. (2002) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1078265 · Cited by 756

Multiple sulfur isotopes and the evolution of the atmosphere

Farquhar, J., & Wing, B. A. (2003) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/s0012-821x(03)00296-6 · Cited by 638

Calibration of Sulfate Levels in the Archean Ocean

Gao, X., Thiemens, M. H., Farquhar, J. D., Jackson, T. L., Savarino, J., Airieau, S., Albarède, F., van der Hilst, R. D., & Kárason, H. (2002) · Cited by 607

Observation of wavelength‐sensitive mass‐independent sulfur isotope effects during SO2 photolysis: Implications for the early atmosphere

Farquhar, J., Savarino, J., Airieau, S., & Thiemens, M. H. (2001) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets · doi:10.1029/2000je001437 · Cited by 518

Paleobiological Clues to Early Atmospheric Evolution

Hallmann, C., & Summons, R. E. (2013) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-095975-7.01305-x · Cited by 5

Hydrothermal Systems and the Biosphere

Pirajno, F. (2008) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8613-7_10 · Cited by 6

Diverse sources of sulfur in Archean ore deposits of the southwest Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Duuring, P., & González-Álvarez, I. (2025) · Mineralium Deposita · doi:10.1007/s00126-025-01386-4 · Cited by 4

Geochemistry of BIF in the Quadrilátero ferrífero, Brazil, as a proxy to neoarchean paleoenvironmental and depositional conditions

Mozart, M. S., Neto, A. V. C., Soares, M. B., & Silva-Alves, G. P. (2024) · Journal of South American Earth Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105009 · Cited by 4

Carbon and Sulfur Stable Isotopic Systems and Their Application in Paleoenvironmental Analysis

McFadden, K. A., & Kelly, A. E. (2011) · Topics in geobiology · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0680-4_15 · Cited by 5

The Ancient Earth

Johnson, C. M., Beard, B. L., & Weyer, S. (2020) · Advances in isotope geochemistry · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-33828-2_6 · Cited by 4

An analysis of Δ36S/Δ33S dependence on definitions of sulfur mass-independent fractionation

Endo, Y., Chen, M., & Claire, M. W. (2024) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122157 · Cited by 4

Computational analysis of vibrational modes in tetra-sulfur using dimensionally reduced potential energy surface

Gayday, I., Teplukhin, A., & Babikov, D. (2019) · Molecular Physics · doi:10.1080/00268976.2019.1574038 · Cited by 4

7.10 Chemical Characteristics of Sediments and Seawater

Kump, L. R., Кузнецов, А. Б., Gorokhov, I. M., Melezhik, V. A., Farkaš, J., Chakrabarti, R., Jacobsen, S. B., Reinhard, C. T., Lyons, T. W., Rouxel, O. J., et al. (2012) · Frontiers in earth sciences · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3_10 · Cited by 4

Petrography and geochemistry of the REE-rich bifs of the southern part of the Nkom massif, north of Edea, Nyong complex, Cameroon

Donkeng, R. S., Fuh, C. G., Makougni, L. L. N., & Nkoumbou, C. (2025) · Journal of African Earth Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2025.105700 · Cited by 3

Atmospheric and hydrothermal sulfur isotope signatures recorded in Neoarchean deep marine sedimentary pyrites from the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Chen, M., Campbell, I. H., Ávila, J. N., Tian, W., Hayman, P. C., Cas, R. A. F., & Ireland, T. R. (2022) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.gca.2022.01.002 · Cited by 3

A Review on Evaluation Methods of Creative Thinking

姜, 竹. (2019) · Advances in Psychology · doi:10.12677/ap.2019.91021 · Cited by 3

元古宙早期大氧化事件的成因机制与气候生态效应

Luo, G., 朱, 祥., Wang, S., 张, 世., & 焦, 超. (2022) · SCIENTIA SINICA Terrae · doi:10.1360/sste-2021-0297 · Cited by 3

The multiple sulfur isotope architecture of the Kambalda nickel camp, Western Australia

Staude, S., Martin, L. A. J., Aleshin, M., Fiorentini, M. L., & Markl, G. (2023) · Mineralium Deposita · doi:10.1007/s00126-023-01223-6 · Cited by 3

In-situ quadruple sulfur isotopic compositions of pyrites in the ca. 3.2–2.72 Ga metasedimentary rocks from the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Liu, L., Ireland, T. R., & Holden, P. N. (2020) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119837 · Cited by 3

7.1 The End of Mass-Independent Fractionation of Sulphur Isotopes

Reuschel, M., Strauß, H., & Lepland, A. (2012) · Frontiers in earth sciences · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3_1 · Cited by 3

Molecular biogeochemistry of modern and ancient marine microbes

Waldbauer, J. (2010) · Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community (Woods Hole Scientific Community) · doi:10.1575/1912/3238 · Cited by 3

Differential responses ofArabidopsis thalianaaccessions to atmospheric nitrogen dioxide at ambient concentrations

Takahashi, M., & Morikawa, H. (2014) · Plant Signaling & Behavior · doi:10.4161/psb.28563 · Cited by 3

Ultraviolet Radiation-Absorbing “Humic Pigments” of Cyanobacteria in Microbial Mats: Their Presumptive Photoprotective Function and Relevance to Early Precambrian Microbial Ecology and Evolution

Jackson, T. A. (2014) · Geomicrobiology Journal · doi:10.1080/01490451.2014.942445 · Cited by 3

Microbial Fossils in the 2.63 Ga Jeerinah Formation, Western Australia—Evidence of Microbial Oxidation

Hallberg, R. O., & Broman, C. (2017) · Geomicrobiology Journal · doi:10.1080/01490451.2017.1348407 · Cited by 3

Clues of Early Life: Dixon Island–Cleaverville Drilling Project (DXCL-DP) in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia

Yamaguchi, K. E., Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Kitajima, F., & Suganuma, Y. (2009) · Scientific Drilling · doi:10.5194/sd-7-34-2009 · Cited by 3

Establishing the Basis for Using Stable Isotope Ratios of Metals as Paleoredox Proxies

Wasylenki, L. E. (2012) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9783527650484.ch11 · Cited by 3

Oxygen reductase origin followed the great oxidation event and terminated the Lomagundi excursion

Trost, K., Gennis, R. B., Allen, J. F., Mills, D. B., & Martin, W. F. (2025) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics · doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2025.149575 · Cited by 2

Mass-independent fractionation processes in the atmosphere

Hemingway, J., & Claire, M. W. (2024) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-99762-1.00084-x · Cited by 2

Oxidative adaptations in prokaryotes imply the oxygenic photosynthesis before crown-group Cyanobacteria

Zeng, Z., Li, L., Wang, H., Tao, Y., Lv, Z., Wang, F., & Wang, Y. (2025) · PNAS Nexus · doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf035 · Cited by 3

Distribution of Sulfur Isotope Anomalies in the Archean: The Example of the Karelian and Siberian Cratons

Velivetskaya, T. A., Vysotskii, S. V., Ханчук, А. И., Ignatiev, A. V., & Kuleshevich, L. V. (2021) · Doklady Earth Sciences · doi:10.1134/s1028334x22010093 · Cited by 2

Sulfur Isotopes in Stromatolites

Strauß, H. (2011) · Cellular origin and life in extreme habitats · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0397-1_31 · Cited by 2

Phylogenetic analysis of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and their relatives based on farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase gene

Feng, F., Jiao, N., Du, H., & Zeng, Y. (2010) · Acta Oceanologica Sinica · doi:10.1007/s13131-010-0066-3 · Cited by 2

A New Progress of the Proterozoic Chronostratigraphical Division

Ming-xiang, M., & Khaing, K. K. (2016) · Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition · doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12764 · Cited by 2

Origin of Paleoarchean Sulfate Deposits

Philippot, P., Muller, É., & Rollion‐Bard, C. (2018) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-63901-1.00010-1 · Cited by 2

Bistability of Atmospheric Oxygen and the Great Oxidation: Implications for Life Detection

Goldblatt, C., Watson, A. J., & Lento, T. M. (2009) · Cited by 2

Proterozoic large igneous provinces and implications for paleogeographic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Zhang, S., & Peng, P. (2022) · Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version) · doi:10.1360/tb-2021-1355 · Cited by 2

Ocean redox evolution past and present

Hardisty, D. S., & Lau, K. (2024) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-99762-1.00033-4 · Cited by 3

Biosignatures and the Search for Life on Earth

Vázquez, M., Πάλλη, Ε., & Montañés-Rodríguez, P. (2010) · Astronomy and astrophysics library · doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1684-6_5 · Cited by 2

Timing and Characterization of the Change in the Redox State of Uranium in Precambrian Surface Environments: A Proxy for the Oxidation State of the Atmosphere

Pollack, G. D. (2008) · Digital Archive @ GSU · doi:10.57709/1059584 · Cited by 2

Critical Intervals in Earth History

Wiese, F., & Joachim Reitner, A. (2011) · Encyclopedia of earth sciences series/Encyclopedia of earth sciences · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_62 · Cited by 2

Were Neoarchean atmospheric methane hazes and early Paleoproterozoic glaciations driven by the rise of oxygen in surface environments?

Swain, A., Kaufman, A. J., Kalinowski, M., Yarwood, S. A., & Fagan, W. F. (2020) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118900 · Cited by 1

Exploration geochemical evidence for the genesis of the Jiaodong gold deposits in eastern China: A case study of the Haiyu gold deposit

Lan, R., Zhang, L., Song, M., Duan, Z., Tang, S., Li, Y., & Ma, S. (2024) · Heliyon · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38543 · Cited by 1

Coupled nitrogen and iron redox cycling in the Paleoarchean: Insights from nitrogen isotope signatures of the ca. 3.25 Ga Mapepe Formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt

Motomura, K., Sano, T., & Kiyokawa, S. (2025) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119659 · Cited by 1

Revisiting the Bio-Inorganic Bridge 25 Years Later

Robbins, L. J., Mughal, S., Mahmoudi, N., Mills, D. B., Rucker, H. R., Stüeken, E. E., Anbar, A. D., Knoll, A. H., Kaçar, B., & Konhauser, K. O. (2026) · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-040523-125151 · Cited by 1

Progressive oxidative weathering raised sub-arc mantle fugacity on the Archaean Earth

Moreira, H., Bruand, E., Storey, C. D., Darling, J. R., Fowler, M., Cotte, M., Parat, F., Tual, L., & Dhuime, B. (2026) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02119-6

Sulfur isotopes as a tracer for biogenic sulfate reduction in natural environments A link between modern and ancient ecosystems

Stam, M. C., Ultraiectina, G., & Stam, M. C. (2010) · Cited by 1

Speculation and Hoopla: Is Diversity Expected in Cyanobacterial Circadian Timing Systems?

Williams, S. B. (2009) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-88431-6_2 · Cited by 1

Clues of Early Life: Dixon Island–Cleaverville Drilling Project (DXCL-DP) in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia

Yamaguchi, K. E., Kiyokawa, S., Ito, T., Ikehara, M., Kitajima, F., & Suganuma, Y. (2009) · Scientific Drilling · doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.7.04.2009 · Cited by 3

Functional Designs of the Gas Exchangers

Maina, J. N. (2011) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-20395-4_5 · Cited by 1

A proposed chronostratigraphic Archean–Proterozoic boundary: Insights from the Australian stratigraphic record

Martin, D. M., Mukherjee, I., McCoy‐West, A. J., & Howard, H. M. (2024) · Precambrian Research · doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107377 · Cited by 1

SALINE LAKES … A LOGICAL STEP IN EXPLORING HABITABILITY OF “THE FINAL FRONTIER”

Nicoll, K., & Finkelstein, D. B. (2014) · Palaios · doi:10.2110/pal.2014.s0614 · Cited by 1

The sign of Δ33S is independent of pyrite morphology

Liu, L., Ireland, T. R., Holden, P. N., & Mavrogenes, J. (2019) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119369 · Cited by 1

Géochimie et minéralogie des formations argileuses (2.2 - 2.0 Ga) du bassin de Franceville au Gabon : fluctuations de l'oxygène atmosphérique, chimie des océans et diagenèse au Paléoprotérozoïque

Ngombi-Pemba, L.-P. (2014) · theses.fr (ABES) · doi:10.70675/8ab8264ez6af4z4945z9cc0z1481e3f28942 · Cited by 1

A Coevolutionary Tale The Story of Earth The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet by Robert M. Hazen Viking, New York, 2012. 318 pp. $27.95, C$29.50. ISBN 9780670023554.

Anbar, A. D. (2012) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1224957

Statistical approaches to reconstructing genome evolution: beyond the Eukaryote-Prokaryote dichotomyPreprint

Dav, A., Tannier, É., Daubin, V., & Boussau, B. (2015) · arXiv (Cornell University)

Sulfur sources of buckshot pyrite in the Auriferous Conglomerates of the Mesoarchean Witwatersrand and Ventersdorp Supergroups, South Africa

Guy, B. M., Gutzmer, J., Beukes, N. J., Ono, S., & Lin, Y. (2014)

AN ASTROBIOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF MASS DEPENDENT AND MASS INDEPENDENT SULFUR ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION

Rodzinyak, K. J. (2012)

Accretion and Shifts of the Levels of O2 and CO2 in the Biosphere

Maina, J. N. (2011) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-20395-4_1

Variations in the Properties of Extractable “Humic Matter” and Associated Kerogen in Sediments through Geologic Time: Their Significance for Precambrian Biological Evolution and Paleoecology

Jackson, T. A. (2018) · Geomicrobiology Journal · doi:10.1080/01490451.2017.1401182

Análises estatísticas de Cloudina spp. no sul da faixa Paraguai e Namíbia. E suas implicações filogenéticas e evolutivas.

Stríkis, P. C. (2018) · Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (Universidade de São Paulo) · doi:10.11606/t.44.2018.tde-26042018-095244

High-Dimensional Isotope Relationships

He, Y. (2018) · doi:10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.4695

Deciphering the sulphur cycle: isotope geochemistry of the Hamersley Basin, Western Australia

McLean, L. (2014) · UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA)

Oxygenation of Early Atmosphere and Potential Stratigraphic Records from India

Mukhopadhyay, J. (2020) · Springer geology · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15989-4_5

COUPLING ATMOSPHERE AND SEDIMENT MELTS ACROSS THE ARCHEAN-PROTEROZOIC TRANSITION

Liebmann, J., Spencer, C. J., Kirkland, C. L., Bucholz, C. E., Martin, L. A. J., Xia, X., & Kitchen, N. (2020) · Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America · doi:10.1130/abs/2020am-356832

55)経過観察中に部分的心房停止となった拡張型心筋症の1例 : 日本循環器学会第120回関東甲信越地方会

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Coupling of the atmosphere and sediment melts across the Archean-Proterozoic transitionPreprint

Liebmann, J., Spencer, C. J., Kirkland, C. L., Bucholz, C. E., Xia, X., Martin, L. A. J., Kitchen, N., & Shumlyanskyy, L. V. (2020) · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-55162/v1

Effect mass independent isotope fractionation of sulfur (δ33S and δ36S) during photolysis SO2 in experiments with broadband light source

Ignatiev, A. V., Velivetskaya, T. A., & Yakovenko, V. V. (2019) · Геохимия · doi:10.31857/s0016-7525647689-699

From the atmosphere to the abyss: tracing organic carbon deposition, cadmium isotopes, and iron cycling using marine

Tegler, L. A. (2023) · doi:10.1575/1912/67246

Mo isotope chemostratigraphy of the 2.87 Ga Red Lake Carbonate Platform and implications for incipient oxidative Mo cycling during the Archean

Migeon, A., Afroz, M., Patry, L. A., Bonnand, P., Sansjofre, P., Fralick, P., & Lalonde, S. V. (2025) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.gca.2025.08.019

Stagewise oxygenation of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans

Wang, H., & Li, C. (2026) · The Innovation · doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2026.101353

Composition isotopique de l'oxygène et du silicium des cherts Précambriens : implications Paléo-environnementales

Marin‐Carbonne, J. (2009) · theses.fr (ABES) · doi:10.70675/4efdd713z774az4957z82f9z13680ca65b10

Towards a chronology of life using Lateral Gene Transfers

Davín, A. (2017) · doi:10.70675/ac7907fbz1356z461azb759z5770743b3e29

Spéciation et isotopie du soufre inorganique en milieu aqueux

Martinez, M. (2019) · theses.fr (ABES) · doi:10.70675/3c25f69bz194bz4e74z9ae2z55ab48f97694

On the timing of eukaryotic origin

Song, N., Pang, K., Feng, X., & Li, M. (2026) · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · doi:10.1002/brv.70201

Termolecular Reactions in Nature

(2026) · Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks · doi:10.1039/9781837072293-00001

What the Solar System Can Teach Us About Rocky Exoplanets

Byrne, P. K., Guimond, C. M., Cawood, P. A., Way, M. J., Breuer, D., Spohn, T., Duarte, J. C., Lourenço, D. L., Miozzi, F., Arnould, M., et al. (2026) · Space Science Reviews · doi:10.1007/s11214-026-01325-3

Pyrite trace-element and sulfur isotope geochemistry of paleo-mesoproterozoic McArthur Basin: Proxy for oxidative weathering

Mukherjee, I., Large, R. R., Bull, S. W., Gregory, D., Stepanov, A. S., Ávila, J. N., Ireland, T. R., & Corkrey, R. (2019) · American Mineralogist · doi:10.2138/am-2019-6873 · Cited by 41

Isotopic Evidence for an Aerobic Nitrogen Cycle in the Latest Archean

Garvin, J., Buick, R., Anbar, A. D., Arnold, G. L., & Kaufman, A. J. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1165675 · Cited by 260

7.10 Chemical Characteristics of Sediments and Seawater

Kump, L. R., Кузнецов, А. Б., Gorokhov, I. M., Melezhik, V. A., Farkaš, J., Chakrabarti, R., Jacobsen, S. B., Reinhard, C. T., Lyons, T. W., Rouxel, O. J., et al. (2012) · Frontiers in earth sciences · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3_10 · Cited by 4

The Uranium-Lead Geochemistry of the Mount McRae Shale Formation, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia

Fisher, J. G. (2022) · Digital Archive @ GSU · doi:10.57709/3256025

Mount McRae Shale

Arndt, N. (2015) · Encyclopedia of Astrobiology · doi:10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5_1029