Changes in carbon dioxide during an oceanic anoxic event linked to intrusion into Gondwana coals

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7041, 2005, Pages 479-482

  McElwain, Jennifer C ^a   Wade Murphy, Jessica ^b   Hesselbo, Stephen P ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COAL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDRATES; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXIDATION;

CARBON-ISOTOPES; MASS EXTINCTION; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENTS (OAE); ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; METHANE;

ANOXIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS INTRUSION;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; EOCENE; FOSSIL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 19544369662     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03618     Document Type: Article

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