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Prof. Ruth Elaine Blake EARTHSC 8898 - Phosphate in Deep Time, O isotope studies

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September 24, 2021
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
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8898 Seminar Colloquium in the Earth Sciences

Speaker: Professor Ruth Elaine Blake, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Yale University

Seminar Title: Phosphate in Deep Time, O isotope studies

Abstract: The oxygen isotope ratio (18O/16O) of phosphate (PO4) has proven to be a highly useful tracer of P cycling processes, a robust paleothermometer and chemical signature of life preserved in the rock record. This talk will focus on the record of early-Earth life and ocean temperature preserved in 3.2-3.5 Ga rocks from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, S. Africa, and processes leading to the imprinting of life and temperature. 18OPO4.

Host: Prof. Mathew Saltzman

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