Archean phosphorus liberation induced by iron redox geochemistry

Phosphorus is presumed to have been a limiting nutrient in the Archean ocean due to binding to iron oxides. Here, the authors show the heating of iron with phosphate results in the reduction of phosphate to the ion phosphite, which is solubilized and ameliorates the issue of a low Archean phosphorus...

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Main Authors: Barry Herschy, Sae Jung Chang, Ruth Blake, Aivo Lepland, Heather Abbott-Lyon, Jacqueline Sampson, Zachary Atlas, Terence P. Kee, Matthew A. Pasek
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/27ab8d6fdeac4428aa1fbd4d7abd3014
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