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Rivers Ran with Gold... 3 Billion Years Ago

Posted by michael on from the just-missed-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "If you're looking to strike it rich, then perhaps this article in Nature magazine will be of assistance. It seems that three billion years ago there was no life on land and no oxygen in the atmosphere. But the rivers ran with gold."

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  1. Re:Reducing atmosphere by aminorex · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And at the same conference, you will find overwhelming evidence of oxygenated oceans 4 billion years ago.

    http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001ESP/finalprogram/a bs tract_7459.htm

    Hint: The oxygenation state of the atmosphere is
    much more closely linked to that of the oceans
    than that of rocks.

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