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GSA Special Papers
Earth's Early Atmosphere and Surface Environment
Author(s)
George H. Shaw
George H. Shaw
Geology Department, Union College, Schenectady, New York 12308, USA
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Geological Society of America
Volume
504
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© 2014 Geological Society of America
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ISBN print:
9780813725048
Publication date:
May 01, 2014
Earth's Early Atmosphere and Surface Environment
Author(s): George H. Shaw
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE504
ISBN (print): 9780813725048
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2014
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Table of Contents
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Introduction: Earth's early atmosphere and surface environmentAuthor(s)George H. ShawGeorge H. ShawGeology Department, Union College, Schenectady, New York 12308, USA, shawg@union.eduSearch for other works by this author on:
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Evidence and arguments for methane and ammonia in Earth's earliest atmosphere and an organic compound–rich early oceanAuthor(s)George H. ShawGeorge H. ShawGeology Department, Union College, Schenectady, New York 12308, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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How low can you go? Maximum constraints on hydrogen concentrations prior to the Great Oxidation EventAuthor(s)Shawn Domagal-GoldmanShawn Domagal-GoldmanResearch Space Scientist, Planetary Environments Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Atmospheric composition of Hadean–early Archean Earth: The importance of COAuthor(s)James F. KastingJames F. KastingDepartment of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Atmospheric composition of Hadean–early Archean Earth: The importance of CO: CommentAuthor(s)Laura Schaefer;Laura SchaeferDepartment of Astronomy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA, and Planetary Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USASearch for other works by this author on:Bruce Fegley, Jr.Bruce Fegley, Jr.Planetary Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Waiting for O2Author(s)Kevin Zahnle;Kevin ZahnleSpace Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, California 94035, USASearch for other works by this author on:David CatlingDavid CatlingDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences/Astrobiology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Oxygen, iron, and sulfur geochemical cycles on early Earth: Paradigms and contradictionsAuthor(s)Hiroshi Ohmoto;Hiroshi OhmotoNASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USASearch for other works by this author on:Yumiko Watanabe;Yumiko WatanabeNASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA, and J-PARC Center, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki, 319-1195, JapanSearch for other works by this author on:Antonio C. Lasaga;Antonio C. LasagaGeokinetics, State College, Pennsylvania 16801, USASearch for other works by this author on:Hiroshi Naraoka;Hiroshi NaraokaDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, JapanSearch for other works by this author on:Ian Johnson;Ian JohnsonNASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USASearch for other works by this author on:Jamie Brainard;Jamie BrainardNASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USASearch for other works by this author on:Andrew ChorneyAndrew ChorneyNASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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The upside-down biosphere: “Evidence for the partially oxygenated oceans during the Archean Eon”Author(s)Shawn Domagal-GoldmanShawn Domagal-GoldmanResearch Space Scientist, Planetary Environments Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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Earth's early atmosphere and surface environments: A reviewAuthor(s)Martin J. Van KranendonkMartin J. Van KranendonkSchool of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Australian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Concluding commentsAuthor(s)George H. ShawGeorge H. ShawGeology Department, Union College, Schenectady, New York 12308, USASearch for other works by this author on:
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