A large and abrupt fall in atmospheric CO2 concentration during cretaceous times

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6734, 1999, Pages 342-345

  Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a   Pancost, Richard D ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CRETACEOUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; FOSSIL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033609281     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20659     Document Type: Article

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