Increasingly sophisticated techniques are being used to persuade ancient rocks to yield information about conditions on and in the early Earth — for instance, about the oxidation state of the mantle.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on SpringerLink
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Berry, A. J., Danyushevsky, L. V., O'Neill, H. St C., Newville, M. & Sutton, S. R. Nature 455, 960–963 (2008).
Holland, H. D. in Early Life on Earth (ed. Bengtson, S.) 237–244 (Columbia Univ. Press, 1994).
Farquhar, J. et al. Science 289, 756–758 (2000).
Arndt, N. et al. Geology 26, 739–742 (1998).
Herzberg, C. J. Geophys. Res. 97, 4521–4540 (1992).
McDonough, W. F. & Ireland, T. R. Nature 365, 432–434 (1993).
Stiegler, M. T., Lowe, D. R. & Byerly, G. R. Geology 36, 779–782 (2008).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
McDonough, W. Deducing a reducing mantle. Nature 455, 881–883 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455881a
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/455881a
