Carbon isotopes and the rise of atmospheric oxygen

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 867-870

  Karhu, Juha A ^a   Holland, Heinrich D ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; CARBON DEPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; HIGH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POSITIVE EXCURSION;

GALLIUM;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; PALAEOATMOSPHERE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030455785     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0867:CIATRO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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