The role of land plants, phosphorus weathering and fire in the rise and regulation of atmospheric oxygen

Global Change Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 613-629

  Lenton, T M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Evolution; Fire; Land plants; Phosphorus; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FIRE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; VASCULAR PLANT; WEATHERING;

EID: 0034799286     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1354-1013.2001.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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