Latest Proterozoic stratigraphy and Earth history

Nature

Volumn 356, Issue 6371, 1992, Pages 673-678

  Knoll, Andrew H ^a   Walter, Malcolm R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-30; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; PROKARYOSIS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-30; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

EARTH HISTORY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0026614846     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/356673a0     Document Type: Review

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