Table 1.

Summary of Our Archean Model Configuration

Parameter	Value	References
Insolation	1,106.81 Wm−2	Gough (1981)
Day length	17.25 hr	Williams (2000)
Total atmospheric pressure	0.5 bar	Som et al. (2016)
pCH4	500 µbar	Izon et al. (2017) and Reinhard et al. (2020)
Continental distribution	Aquaplanet	Albarede et al. (2020)
Ocean depth	1,360 m
pCO2	10–100 xPIL	Driese et al. (2011) and Hessler et al. (2004)
Ocean salinity	20–50 g/kg	Albarede et al. (2020)

Note. Planetary parameters not specified here are fixed at their present‐day values.