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

By S. Mojzsis, T. M. Harrison, R. Pidgeon. Nature, 2001

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Origins of building blocks of life: A review (2017, background): “As a consequence, a hydrosphere and continental crust were formed as early as 4.3 Gyr ago (Mojzsis et al., 2001; Wilde et al., 2001; Harrison et al., 2005).”
The terrestrial biota prior to the origin of land plants (embryophytes): a review of the evidence (2015, background): “Oxygen isotope data (Mojzsis et al. 2001; Wilde et al. 2001) indicate the existence of a hydrosphere during the formation of the earliest granitic crust.”
The Role of Atmospheric Aerosols in the Origin Of Life (2002, background): “It has been argued recently (Wilde et al., 2001; Mojzsis et al., 2001) that zircons in Western Australia could extend the ocean’s life back to 4.4 × 109 years ago, while isotopic carbon ratios in ancient sedimentary rocks in Greenland have been interpreted as indicating the presence of life ∼3.8 ×…”
Processes on the Young Earth and the Habitats of Early Life (2012, methodology): “Cavosie et al. (2005) and Mojzsis et al. (2001) reported significant fractionation of oxygen isotopes in the minerals dating from >4 Gya—the oldest zircon they measured has a δ18O of +4 , a value a b Old concept of the Hadean Earth Updated reconstruction Figure 1 Two views of the young Earth.”
The Compositional Structure of the Asteroid Belt (2015, result): “Apart from the Os and Ru evidence, and model support that the LHB and the late veneer material were volatile-poor, there is evidence for oceans 4.4-4.3 Byr ago (Cavosie et al., 2005; Mojzsis et al., 2001; Wilde et al., 2001), i.e., 300-400 Myr before the LHB.”
Emergence of a Habitable Planet (2007, background): “…data for the Hadean are ancient detrital zircons found in Archean and Proterozoic quartzites in the Jack Hills of Western Australia (Amelin et al. 2000; Wilde et al. 2001; Mojzsis et al. 2001; Valley et al. 2002; Cavosie et al. 2004; Cavosie et al. 2004; Harrison et al. 2005; Valley et al. 2005).”
Early life on land and the first terrestrial ecosystems (2013, background): “At least by ~4,200 Ma, but perhaps 200 Ma earlier, large water bodies were in place (Mojzsis et al. 2001; Nutman 2006; Cavosie et al. 2007, but see alternative views by Deming 2002), while granitic (continental) and basaltic (oceanic) crusts were constantly growing, resurfacing, and remelting,…”
Cataclysmic bombardment throughout the inner solar system 3.9–4.0 Ga (2002, background): “…to Earth, which would explain why the oldest crustal rocks have similar 3.8– 4.0 Ga ages [e.g., Bowring et al., 1989; Bowring and Williams, 1999; Mojzsis and Harrison, 2000] and only a few mineral relics of older crustal rocks survive [Froude et al., 1983; Wilde et al., 2001; Mojzsis et al., 2001].”
How life began on Earth: a status report (2004, background): “4 Ga detrital zircons indicate that temperatures had apparently decreased to the point that liquid water was present on the Earth’s surface about 100–200 million years after accretion [18,19].”