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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7016
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Ferrous carbonate, as the mineral siderite, occurs in Archaean palaeosols (ancient soils). Ohmoto et al. contend that siderite was not in equilibrium with the oxygen in Archaean air and that its presence in palaeosols provides little constraint on the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in Archaean air. But their argument is invalid because it fails to distinguish the different behaviours of the trivial component oxygen and the significant component carbon dioxide in the partly closed system of soil waters. The presence or absence of siderite in ancient soils is a valid constraint on the carbon dioxide partial pressure (pCO2) in ancient atmospheres.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
432
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2 p following 460; discussion following 460
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Palaeoclimatology: Archaean palaeosols and Archaean air.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA. norm@pangea.stanford.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment, Historical Article