Oxygen-isotope evidence from ancient zircons for liquid water at the Earth's surface 4,300 Myr ago

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  2001-01-11

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science, Geology

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  DOI 10.1038/35051557PMID 11196638
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