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Did global tectonics drive early biosphere evolution? Carbon isotope record from 2.6 to 1.9 Ga carbonates of Western Australian basins.

Date

Authors

Lindsay, John

Brasier, Martin

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The δ13Ccarb record of well preserved carbonates in outcrop and core is here examined from the 2.6 to 1.9 Ga old basins of Western Australia. These data, which are constrained by a well defined stratigraphic and tectonic framework, and by U-Pb zircon age

Keywords

Keywords: carbon; carbonic acid derivative; gallium; lead; oxygen; uranium; zirconium; biosphere; carbon isotope; carbonate; early Earth; paleoatmosphere; Precambrian; tectonic evolution; archaean; article; asthenospheric upwelling; atmosphere; Australia; biosphere Archean; Biosphere; Carbon isotopes; Hamersley basin; Palaeoproterozoic; Pilbara

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64925

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Precambrian Research

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00219-4

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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