James Farquhar

Summary

Affiliation: University of Maryland
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Isotopic evidence for Mesoarchaean anoxia and changing atmospheric sulphur chemistry
    James Farquhar
    Department of Geology and ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
    Nature 449:706-9. 2007
  2. ncbi Geological constraints on the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis
    James Farquhar
    Department of Geology and ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Photosynth Res 107:11-36. 2011
  3. ncbi Late Archean biospheric oxygenation and atmospheric evolution
    Alan J Kaufman
    Departments of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 4211, USA
    Science 317:1900-3. 2007
  4. ncbi Active microbial sulfur disproportionation in the Mesoproterozoic
    David T Johnston
    Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Science 310:1477-9. 2005
  5. ncbi Sulfur isotope variability of oceanic DMSP generation and its contributions to marine biogenic sulfur emissions
    Harry Oduro
    Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:9012-6. 2012
  6. ncbi Evidence of magnetic isotope effects during thermochemical sulfate reduction
    Harry Oduro
    Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:17635-8. 2011
  7. ncbi Early Archaean microorganisms preferred elemental sulfur, not sulfate
    Pascal Philippot
    Equipe Géobiosphère actuelle et Primitive, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS and Université Denis Diderot, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris Cedex, France
    Science 317:1534-7. 2007

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Isotopic evidence for Mesoarchaean anoxia and changing atmospheric sulphur chemistry
    James Farquhar
    Department of Geology and ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
    Nature 449:706-9. 2007
    ..45-Gyr-ago atmospheric pathways for non-mass-dependent chemistry and in the ultraviolet transparency of an evolving early atmosphere...
  2. ncbi Geological constraints on the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis
    James Farquhar
    Department of Geology and ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Photosynth Res 107:11-36. 2011
    ..The geological evidence for early oxygen and hypotheses for the controls on oxygen level are the basis for the interpretation of photosynthetic oxygen production as examined in this review...
  3. ncbi Late Archean biospheric oxygenation and atmospheric evolution
    Alan J Kaufman
    Departments of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 4211, USA
    Science 317:1900-3. 2007
    ..The data suggest that oxygenation of the surface ocean preceded pervasive and persistent atmospheric oxygenation by 50 million years or more...
  4. ncbi Active microbial sulfur disproportionation in the Mesoproterozoic
    David T Johnston
    Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Science 310:1477-9. 2005
    ..These measurements imply that sulfur compound disproportionation was an active part of the sulfur cycle by 1300 Ma and that progressive Earth surface oxygenation may have characterized the Mesoproterozoic...
  5. ncbi Sulfur isotope variability of oceanic DMSP generation and its contributions to marine biogenic sulfur emissions
    Harry Oduro
    Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:9012-6. 2012
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  6. ncbi Evidence of magnetic isotope effects during thermochemical sulfate reduction
    Harry Oduro
    Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:17635-8. 2011
    ..These results support an origin other than thermochemical sulfate reduction for the mass-independent signals observed for early Earth samples...
  7. ncbi Early Archaean microorganisms preferred elemental sulfur, not sulfate
    Pascal Philippot
    Equipe Géobiosphère actuelle et Primitive, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS and Université Denis Diderot, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris Cedex, France
    Science 317:1534-7. 2007
    ..Instead, we interpret the combined negative delta34S and positive Delta33S signature of these microscopic sulfides as evidence for the early existence of organisms that disproportionate elemental sulfur...