Geochemistry: Biomarker evidence for photosynthesis during neoproterozoic glaciation

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5747, 2005, Pages 471-474

  Olcott, Alison N ^a   Sessions, Alex L ^b   Corsetti, Frank A ^a   Kaufman, Alan J ^c   De Oliviera, Tolentino Flavio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Votorantim Metais Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio Rua Moraes do Rego   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEA ICE;

EUKARYOTES; MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEM; NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATION;

GLACIERS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE; SURFACE WATER; CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

BIOMARKER; BLACK SHALE; GLACIATION; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEROZOIC;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; HYPOTHESIS; LATITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; ROCK; SEA ICE; SNOWBALL EARTH HYPOTHESIS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ICE COVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SUNLIGHT;

EUKARYOTA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWATER; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 27144528220     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1115769     Document Type: Article

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