Archean phosphorus liberation induced by iron redox geochemistry

Barry Herschy, Sae Jung Chang, Ruth Blake, Aivo Lepland, Heather Abbott-Lyon, Jacqueline Sampson, Zachary Atlas, Terence P. Kee and Matthew A. Pasek ()
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Barry Herschy: University of South Florida
Sae Jung Chang: Korea Basic Science Institute
Ruth Blake: Yale University
Aivo Lepland: Geological Survey of Norway
Heather Abbott-Lyon: Kennesaw State University
Jacqueline Sampson: University of South Florida
Zachary Atlas: University of South Florida
Terence P. Kee: University of Leeds
Matthew A. Pasek: University of South Florida

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract The element phosphorus (P) is central to ecosystem growth and is proposed to be a limiting nutrient for life. The Archean ocean may have been strongly phosphorus-limited due to the selective binding of phosphate to iron oxyhydroxide. Here we report a new route to solubilizing phosphorus in the ancient oceans: reduction of phosphate to phosphite by iron(II) at low (

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03835-3

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