Statistical geochemistry reveals disruption in secular lithospheric evolution about 2.5 Gyr ago

C. Brenhin Keller () and Blair Schoene
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C. Brenhin Keller: Princeton University
Blair Schoene: Princeton University

Nature, 2012, vol. 485, issue 7399, 490-493

Abstract: Statistical sampling of a large geochemical database reveals a pervasive discontinuity about 2.5 billion years ago, indicating marked changes in mantle and deep-crustal melting, and providing a link between deep Earth processes and the rise of atmospheric oxygen on the Earth.

Date: 2012
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