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メソプロテロゾーイク期の地上の環境の初期の酸素化

John Parnell1, Adrian J Boyce, Darren Mark

  • 1School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK. j.parnell@abdn.ac.uk

Nature
|November 12, 2010
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地化学的なデータは,古代の地上の岩石における重要な硫黄同位体の分断を明らかにし,メソプロテロゾーイク時代の酸素に富んだ条件を示しています. これは,複雑な硫黄循環と酸素に依存した生命体の初期の進化を示唆しています.

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