Evidence for low sulphate and anoxia in a mid-Proterozoic marine basin

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6940, 2003, Pages 632-635

  Shen, Yanan ^a   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

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS;

MARINE BASINS;

EARTH (PLANET);

IRON; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; IRON; OCEAN BASIN; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; SHALE; SULFATE;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FOSSIL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; SEA;

ANOXIA; AUSTRALIA; CARBONATES; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFIDES;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA;

EID: 0038172490     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01651     Document Type: Article

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