Argon isotopic composition of Archaean atmosphere probes early Earth geodynamics

Magali Pujol, Bernard Marty (), Ray Burgess, Grenville Turner and Pascal Philippot
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Magali Pujol: CRPG-CNRS, Université de Lorraine, 15 rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France
Bernard Marty: CRPG-CNRS, Université de Lorraine, 15 rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France
Ray Burgess: School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Grenville Turner: School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Pascal Philippot: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne-Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 5, France

Nature, 2013, vol. 498, issue 7452, 87-90

Abstract: The analysis of the isotopic signature of argon in 3.5-billion-year-old hydrothermal quartz suggests an early development of the continental crust, with implications for climate variability at that time.

Date: 2013
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