A Sulfide-Rich Early Ocean? (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

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A Sulfide-Rich Early Ocean? (2 of 3)

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UC Riverside's Chris Reinhard studies a sample of pulverized black shale in solution. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Oct. 30, 2009, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Mr. Christopher Reinhard of the University of California, Riverside, and colleagues, was titled, "A Late Archean Sulfidic Sea Stimulated by Early Oxidative Weathering of the Continents."

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