Emerging views on the evolution of atmospheric oxygen during the Precambrian

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 184-201

  Sreenivas, Bulusu ^a,b   Murakami, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Evolution; Oxygen; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646575609     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.100.184     Document Type: Review

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