Cambrian explosion triggered by geosphere-biosphere feedbacks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  von Bloh, Werner ^a   Bounama, Christine ^a   Franck, Siegfried ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COOLING; EARTH (PLANET); SILICATES; WEATHERING; BIOSPHERICS; CARBON; FEEDBACK;

BIOSPHERE; BIOSPHERE SYSTEMS; CARBON CYCLES; CO-EVOLUTION; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; RAPID COOLING; SILICATE WEATHERING;

GEOPHYSICS; EXPLOSIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; CAMBRIAN; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EVOLUTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOATMOSPHERE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0346281656     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017928     Document Type: Article

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