Late precambrian oxygenation; inception of the clay mineral factory

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5766, 2006, Pages 1446-1449

  Kennedy, Martin ^a   Droser, Mary ^a   Mayer, Lawrence M ^b   Pevear, David ^a   Mrofka, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLAY MINERALS; DEPOSITION; ORGANIC MINERALS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SOILS; DEPOCENTERS; LATE PRECAMBRIAN OXYGENATION; MARINE BURIAL; METAZOANS; MINERAL SURFACE PRESERVATION.; NEOPROTEROZOIC; ORGANIC MATTER; PEDOGENIC CLAY MINERALS;

OXYGEN;

MINERAL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

OXYGENATION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAZOON; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OXYGENATION; PRECAMBRIAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINERALS; OXYGEN; QUARTZ; SOIL; TIME;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 33644867554     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1118929     Document Type: Article

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