Phanerozoic atmospheric oxygen

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 105-134

  Berner, Robert A ^a   Beerling, David J ^b   Dudley, Robert ^c   Robinson, Jennifer M ^d   Wildman Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animals and O2; Carbon cycle; Fires and O2; Permo Carboniferous; Plants and O2

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

FOSSIL PLANTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

OXYGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PHANEROZOIC; VASCULAR PLANT; WILDFIRE;

EID: 0141570634     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.141329     Document Type: Article

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