Temperature limits on the early Archaean ocean from oxygen isotope variations in the Isua supracrustal sequence, West Greenland (original) (raw)

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FROM a reconnaissance survey of the oxygen isotope composition of a sequence of metamorphosed sedimentary rock units at Isua, West Greenland, it is possible to set wide temperature limits of ∼ 0–146 °C on the early Archaean ocean.

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1. JEROME D. OSKVAREK
   Present address: Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, 16802

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1. Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115
   JEROME D. OSKVAREK & EUGENE C. PERRY JR

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1. JEROME D. OSKVAREK
2. EUGENE C. PERRY JR

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OSKVAREK, J., PERRY, E. Temperature limits on the early Archaean ocean from oxygen isotope variations in the Isua supracrustal sequence, West Greenland.Nature 259, 192–194 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259192a0

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• Received: 29 September 1975
• Accepted: 25 November 1975
• Issue date: 22 January 1976
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/259192a0

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