Ancient Air Caught by Shooting Stars (Nature, 2016)

• Kevin Zahnle
• Roger Buick

Full Citation:
Zahnle, K., Buick, R. Ancient air caught by shooting stars. Nature 533, 184–186 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/533184a

Abstract:
Ashes of ancient meteors recovered from a 2.7-billion-year-old lake bed imply that the upper atmosphere was rich in oxygen at a time when all other evidence implies that the atmosphere was oxygen-free. See Letter p.235

URL:
https://www.nature.com/articles/533184a

VPL Research Tasks:
Task B: The Earth Through Time