Quantifying the evolution of Earth's atmosphere with novel isotope systems and modelling

Informazioni relative al progetto

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ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 678812

DOI 10.3030/678812

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 22 Dicembre 2015

Data di avvio 1 Giugno 2016

Data di completamento 30 Novembre 2021

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Costo totale € 1 767 455,00

Contributo UE € 1 767 455,00

Coordinato da

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
United Kingdom

Pubblicazioni

Peer reviewed articles (21)

Nitrates as a Potential N Supply for Microbial Ecosystems in a Hyperarid Mars Analog System

Autori: Jianxun Shen, Aubrey L. Zerkle, Eva Stueeken, Mark W. Claire
Pubblicato in: Life, Numero 9/4, 2019, Pagina/e 79, ISSN 2075-1729
Editore: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/life9040079

Photochemical modelling of atmospheric oxygen levels confirms two stable states

Autori: Bethan Gregory, Mark Claire, Sarah Rugheimer
Pubblicato in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2021, ISSN 0012-821X
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116818

Spatial Variability of Microbial Communities and Salt Distributions Across a Latitudinal Aridity Gradient in the Atacama Desert

Autori: Jianxun Shen, Adam J. Wyness, Mark W. Claire, Aubrey L. Zerkle
Pubblicato in: Microbial Ecology, 2021, ISSN 0095-3628
Editore: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01672-w

Massive perturbations to atmospheric sulfur in the aftermath of the Chicxulub impact

Autori: Christopher Junium, Aubrey Lea Zerkle, James Witts, Linda Ivany, Thomas Yancey, Chengjie Liu, Mark Claire
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Numero 119 (14), 2022, ISSN 0027-8424
Editore: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2119194119

Anaerobic nitrogen cycling on a Neoarchaean ocean margin

Autori: C. Mettam, A.L. Zerkle, M.W. Claire, A.R. Prave, S.W. Poulton, C.K. Junium
Pubblicato in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Numero 527, 2019, Pagina/e 115800, ISSN 0012-821X
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115800

Sedimentology and isotope geochemistry of transitional evaporitic environments within arid continental settings: From erg to saline lakes

Autori: Ross P. Pettigrew, Charlotte Priddy, Stuart M. Clarke, Matthew R. Warke, Eva E. Stüeken, Mark W. Claire
Pubblicato in: Sedimentology, 2020, ISSN 0037-0746
Editore: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12816

Triple oxygen isotope analysis of nitrate using isotope exchange cavity ringdown laser spectroscopy

Autori: Fernando Gázquez, Mark W. Claire
Pubblicato in: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Numero 32/22, 2018, Pagina/e 1949-1961, ISSN 0951-4198
Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8268

The Pale Orange Dot: The Spectrum and Habitability of Hazy Archean Earth

Autori: Giada Arney, Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman, Victoria S. Meadows, Eric T. Wolf, Edward Schwieterman, Benjamin Charnay, Mark Claire, Eric Hébrard, Melissa G. Trainer
Pubblicato in: Astrobiology, Numero 16/11, 2016, Pagina/e 873-899, ISSN 1531-1074
Editore: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1422

Two-billion-year-old evaporites capture Earth’s great oxidation

Autori: C. L. Blättler, M. W. Claire, A. R. Prave, K. Kirsimäe, J. A. Higgins, P. V. Medvedev, A. E. Romashkin, D. V. Rychanchik, A. L. Zerkle, K. Paiste, T. Kreitsmann, I. L. Millar, J. A. Hayles, H. Bao, A. V. Turchyn, M. R. Warke, A. Lepland
Pubblicato in: Science, Numero 360/6386, 2018, Pagina/e 320-323, ISSN 0036-8075
Editore: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar2687

Biological regulation of atmospheric chemistry en route to planetary oxygenation

Autori: Gareth Izon, Aubrey L. Zerkle, Kenneth H. Williford, James Farquhar, Simon W. Poulton, Mark W. Claire
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Numero 114/13, 2017, Pagina/e E2571-E2579, ISSN 0027-8424
Editore: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1618798114

Indigenous Organic‐Oxidized Fluid Interactions in the Tissint Mars Meteorite

Autori: Elizabeth A. Jaramillo, Samuel H. Royle, Mark W. Claire, Samuel P. Kounaves, Mark A. Sephton
Pubblicato in: Geophysical Research Letters banner, Numero Volume 46, Numero 6, 2019, Pagina/e 3090-3098, ISSN 1944-8007
Editore: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2018gl081335

Long-Term Planetary Habitability and the Carbonate-Silicate Cycle

Autori: Andrew J. Rushby, Martin Johnson, Benjamin J.W. Mills, Andrew J. Watson, Mark W. Claire
Pubblicato in: Astrobiology, Numero 18/5, 2018, Pagina/e 469-480, ISSN 1531-1074
Editore: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2017.1693

Evaluation of the Tindouf Basin Region in Southern Morocco as an Analogue Site for Soil Geochemistry on Noachian Mars

Autori: Elizabeth A. Oberlin, Mark W. Claire, and Samuel P. Kounaves
Pubblicato in: Astrobiology, Numero Vol. 18, No. 10, 2018, Pagina/e 1-11, ISSN 1531-1074
Editore: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2016.1557

Anoxic atmospheres on Mars driven by volcanism: Implications for past environments and life

Autori: Steven F. Sholes, Megan L. Smith, Mark W. Claire, Kevin J. Zahnle, David C. Catling
Pubblicato in: Icarus, Numero 290, 2017, Pagina/e 46-62, ISSN 0019-1035
Editore: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.02.022

Onset of the aerobic nitrogen cycle during the Great Oxidation Event

Autori: Aubrey L. Zerkle, Simon W. Poulton, Robert J. Newton, Colin Mettam, Mark W. Claire, Andrey Bekker, Christopher K. Junium
Pubblicato in: Nature, Numero 542/7642, 2017, Pagina/e 465-467, ISSN 0028-0836
Editore: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/nature20826

High-frequency fluctuations in redox conditions during the latest Permian mass extinction

Autori: C. Mettam, A.L. Zerkle, M.W. Claire, G. Izon, C.J. Junium, R.J. Twitchett
Pubblicato in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Numero 485, 2017, Pagina/e 210-223, ISSN 0031-0182
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.06.014

Nitrogen Cycling and Biosignatures in a Hyperarid Mars Analog Environment

Autori: Jianxun Shen, Aubrey L. Zerkle, Mark W. Claire
Pubblicato in: Astrobiology, Numero 22-2, 2021, ISSN 1531-1074
Editore: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2021.0012

Sulfur and mercury MIF suggest volcanic contributions to Earth’s atmosphere at 2.7 Ga

Autori: A.L. Zerkle, M.W. Claire, T. Di Rocco, N.V. Grassineau, E.G. Nisbet, R. Sun, R. Yin
Pubblicato in: Geochemical Perspectives Letters, Numero 18, 2021, Pagina/e article2124, ISSN 2410-339X
Editore: European Association of Geochemistry
DOI: 10.7185/geochemlet.2124

Mission to Planet Earth: The First Two Billion Years

Autori: E. E. Stüeken, S. M. Som, M. Claire, S. Rugheimer, M. Scherf, L. Sproß, N. Tosi, Y. Ueno, H. Lammer
Pubblicato in: Space Science Reviews, Numero 216/2, 2020, ISSN 0038-6308
Editore: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00652-3

Unraveling biogeochemical phosphorus dynamics in hyperarid Mars‐analogue soils using stable oxygen isotopes in phosphate

Autori: Jianxun Shen, Andrew C. Smith, Mark W. Claire, Aubrey L. Zerkle
Pubblicato in: Geobiology, Numero 18/6, 2020, Pagina/e 760-779, ISSN 1472-4677
Editore: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12408

The Great Oxidation Event preceded a Paleoproterozoic “snowball Earth”

Autori: Matthew R. Warke, Tommaso Di Rocco, Aubrey L. Zerkle, Aivo Lepland, Anthony R. Prave, Adam P. Martin, Yuichiro Ueno, Daniel J. Condon, Mark W. Claire
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Numero 117/24, 2020, Pagina/e 13314-13320, ISSN 0027-8424
Editore: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003090117

Conference proceedings (1)

Spectral identification and quantification of salts in the Atacama Desert

Autori: J. K. Harris, C. R. Cousins, M. W. Claire
Pubblicato in: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications VII, Numero Vol. 10005, 2016, Pagina/e 100050I
Editore: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2241520